**"Would you give up a limb to effectively fix your stutter 100 percent ?"** My answer is no. Because media explains stuttering as incurable, but this doesn't mean we cannot reduce (or remove) stuttering ourselves. Therapies explain that stuttering is neurological. However, [new research states "It's not possible to measure if differences in the brain are the cause or consequence"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xjr1bv/what_are_your_thoughts_on_this_new_stutter/). Also, [new research states that the anticipation of stuttering](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xkwds8/what_are_your_thoughts_on_this_new_stutter/) or [neoplastic adaptation](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xjr1bv/what_are_your_thoughts_on_this_new_stutter/) might be the cause \[monitoring system\]. **Conclusion:** In my opinion, giving up a limb because of misinformation in the media is not necessary. In my opinion, instead of cutting up a limb, I prefer working on my perspective and response to the stutter anticipatory anxiety because this is my old stutter habit: \- My compulsion is, not moving my tongue or jaw to the next position to form a letter (this integrates prolonging, blocking, repetition). The more I do my compulsion, the harder it is to stop the compulsion. It increases my fear when I stop compulsion \- I"m not achieving my goal: 1. becoming resilient against trigger 2. detaching importance from trigger 3. disconfirming expectancy of compulsion \- by using fluency shaping techniques and tips from therapy (like easy onset, distraction, breathing) my mind learned that the trigger (anticipatory anxiety) is fearful and real. So I reinforce my perspective that the trigger has a meaning. This is the opposite of my goal which is, to learn that the anticipatory anxiety doesn't have a meaning (is not fearful or real) \- I reinforce my lack of confidence (believing I can't stop compulsion, I stopped believing in progress to stop compulsion) \- I disconfirm faith in my body to automatically stop compulsion (because I do reassurance-seeking by relying on a technique or Easy Onset) \- Easy onset requires me to deliberately anticipate a stutter in order to prepare for it. This is the opposite of my goal which is disconfirming expectancy. As long as I use easy onset or a fluencly shaping technique, I reinforce anticipation of a stutter, keeping me in the cycle of a stutter habit. \- I find it acceptable to do rituals to relieve myself from anticipatory anxiety. This is the opposite of my goal, which is stop doing rituals \- I create a condition that I need a technique (in this case easy onset, fluency technique and distraction as a coping strategy) because without it I 'would' not be able to control my speech (or stop compulsion). This condition (or reason) leads to a stutter anticipation. I reinforce my stutter habit whenever I don't do these three techniques. My mind creates subconscious conditions: "If I don't focus on these three therapy techniques, then it makes sense to do compulsion" "I haven't focused on the techniques enough, so it's time to do compulsion". Result: I make my condition and reason to do compulsion unquestionable.