Stuttering is something that breaks our self-confidence and makes us vulnerable. Many people stammer or stutter and find it hard to overcome such speech problems. If you do not stutter, you have possibly met more than one person who does. The people who stutter do not necessarily have a serious speech problem. Some of them can speak very nicely and get their thoughts across effectively but many of them seem to lack the confidence to speak with ease. People who stutter experience a sudden halt in their mind to mouth co-ordination. They lose the fine balance that keeps the words flowing as we think and create the speech inside our mind.
Children are more prone to stuttering, especially when they are struggling with their mother tongue. Children learn a language by imitating the words they hear every day. They try to copy the same pronunciations and repeat the same syllables. But as they are not used to speaking they make mistakes and get halted at certain syllables. Their stuttering is related with their learning process. After a certain period of time such stuttering subsides in children and they are able to talk confidently.
The lack of confidence is one of the primary reasons behind stuttering. People who suffer from insecurity tend to stutter more as they do not have the self-confidence to speak without halting. Genes are responsible for stuttering to a great extent. Many people who are afflicted by stuttering get it from their ancestors, especially parents. Pressure and stress can also make people stutter. A person who is exposed to a stressful circumstance for a long period of time is also prone to stuttering. Neurophysiology also attempts to decipher the reasons of stuttering. People who stutter use different parts of their brain for making speech and speaking and this creates a discord in their speech.
