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The third reason people start to stutter is a response to a shock reaction. I have in
past number of years come into contact with people who have started stuttering after a serious car crash, after being mugged and even after giving birth.
The fourth reason is copying someone else who has a stutter. I have heard in a number of cases where children have started to stutter after copying a friend at school. This friend had a stutter, and they copied them as if it was some kind of game. In one story I heard, a fluent man joined navy, accompanying him on ship was a man who had a stutter. During one trip overseas, fluent person constantly mocked and mimicked stutterer, and to his horror, by end of trip could not stop stuttering himself. He eventually ended up killing himself, so story goes.
Stephen Hill is somebody who has overcome a stutter. He now helps other people to achieve fluency and has a couple of websites at http://www.stutter-stuttering.com and at http://www.stuttering-help.co.uk.
