Maybe its semantics? Maybe we're just misunderstanding each other? For me its this way: fear reduction leads to me thinking i cant be fluent when theres fear And tolerance means realizing fear doesnt have power over my stutter so i can speak fluent even when having anxiety Like in OCD, where you should take the power away from the trigger, if you dont do that you may make it worse by telling yourself ,,i gotta reduce anxiety else i stutter"