 Stuttering is sometimes popularly seen as a symptom of anxiety, but there is no direct correlation in that direction (though as mentioned the inverse can be true, as social anxiety may develop in individuals as a result of their stuttering).Stuttering is generally not a problem with the physical production of speech sounds or putting thoughts into words.Acute nervousness and stress are not thought to cause stuttering, but they can trigger stuttering in people who have the speech disorder, and living with a stigmatized disability can result in anxiety and high allostatic stress load (chronic nervousness and stress) that reduce the amount of acute stress necessary to trigger stuttering in any given person who stutters, worsening the problem in the manner of a positive feedback system; the name 'stuttered speech syndrome' has been proposed for this condition.