Will anxiety cause stuttering?
Those who stutter may not always stutter in every situation. Though anxiety provoking situations will most often cause someone who sutters to stutter in that moment. When we are anxious our thinking is not clear and our body may begin to tense up in various areas. With the lack of clear thought and tension this may cause you to sutter as it is more difficult to be mindful of words that are difficult to produce and strategies you typically use to be used in those moments. The added tension which can also occur around the mouth area may also cause you to sutter as your muscles tense up and become difficult to relax.
Samuel L. Jackson is a Black actor who stutters. He reports that he was able to overcome it through acting.
As airflow is the foundation of speech, when the airflow is obstructed due to tension and uncontrolled closing of oral muscles, the sound produced is compromised.
Craig Skistimas, also known as Stuttering Craig, the co-founder of ScrewAttack which is a production company for video games.
The adored pig from Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, has a stutter. It has been found that he stutters 23% of his spoken words and uses a wide variety of stuttering types.
Stuttering affects around 70 million people worldwide, so yes of course there is going to be a comedian who stutters.
The National Stuttering Association (https://westutter.org/) is a good website to find news about stuttering. The ‘Stuttering Foundation’ is another website that provides the most up to date news (https://www.stutteringhelp.org)
News reporter John Stossel is a news reporter who stuttered. News reporter and journalist Byron Pitts also stutter.
There are two general philosophies of stuttering treatment: Fluency shaping, and Stuttering acceptance
When an individual stutters, the voice may change as there is additional tension on the vocal folds and on the musculature surrounding it.