According to research 60% of people who stutter (PWS) don't stutter in comfortable situations like when speaking alone, speaking with a parent or to a pet. This [research](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xq5f4v/what_are_your_thoughts_on_this_research_choral/) study states that, if we speak fluently when alone, there are still differences in the right and left hemisphere between PWS and Normal Fluent Speakers (NFS). Whereas PWS who speak fluently when chorally or synchronically speaking (like speaking aloud at the same time as your classmates), there are no differences. This could mean that, when we speak fluently alone, that we are still somehow paying attention to stuttering, excessively monitoring and doing interventions in order to maintain fluency. When we speak chorally we are focusing on the speaking rhythm and keeping up with the forward flow of speech so in a sense this distracts us from focusing on disruptions in the forward flow. Conclusion: In my opinion: People who bring up the argument: '*I can speak (more) fluently when alone*' are actually implying that they desire more 'control' (intervention) or more paying attention (monitoring) when they find themselves in a stressful event. However, the 87.5% of people who outgrow or recover from stuttering likely aim for not paying attention to stuttering according to PhD researchers. So, I suggest that we don't aim for fluency like when speaking fluently when alone, rather to aim for not caring about: * the fact that we just now stuttered (past experience), or * anticipatory fear that a stutter might happen (future experience) Additionally, I suggest changing to a helpful attitude, like: * not tracking how fluent we speak * not scanning for speech errors * not repairing speech errors * accepting that we are error-prone * not avoiding, evaluating or negotiating whether we should (instruct to send motor command signals to) move speech muscles or not (during a speech block) in the anticipation of fear (avoidance-behavior)