Lack of Spontaneity - Could it be one of the causes of stuttering?

Lack of Spontaneity - Could it be one of the causes of stuttering? I can't speak for all people with a speech dysfluency, because as proven by the scientific literature, there are many types of stuttering and so the path to fluency isn't the same for all PWSs. Personally, I've observed some patterns with my stuttering. One of them is: **When I don't think about what I'm talking, I almost always don't stutter**. It's usually the anticipation of a stutter, even a microsecond before I speak, that causes me to stutter. When I delved deep into why that is, I found some interesting literature on how the brain works. There are basically two ways of thinking that humans use, hot cognition vs cold cognition, when we make any sort of decision. The hot is quick, intuitive and comes from the unconscious part of our brain while the cold is slow, analytical and comes from the conscious brain. I prefer to label both sides as spontaneous vs measured. Putting all these abstracts aside, let me give an example. I'm still a novice swimmer and when I get into a deep pool, I always get nervous. After taking the plunge, I could do either of two things: 1) Use my brain to think how to swim or 2) Let my body naturally do whatever movement it needs to stay afloat and then move around. Logic says that the 1st option is right and the 2nd is crazy. But when done truly spontaneously without much thought, the 2nd **is gazillion times** better. It comes so quickly, effortlessly and is what makes some people become jack of all trades, but master of none (master of none because they don't know how they did it so brilliantly) I'm sure you'd have met some of these people in your life. They often don't plan things, don't work hard to get something and don't spend time doing introspection on how things went, **but they're so good at making the right decision at the moment.** For example, think about a spontaneous speaker who doesn't need to rehearse his speech, but still does a better job than the measured speaker who practiced a dozen times. He missed so many details, but got the crowd's approval. **It is my opinion that many stutterers severely lack the quality of being spontaneous.** Some of the traits of a spontaneous person is the ability to freely express themselves regardless of the consequences, the ability not to overthink about a future activity, the ability not to ruminate about a past incident and most importantly, practicing some form of letting go or surrender to the surrounding environment. I believe that most stutterers struggle to have the qualities mentioned above. Many like me seem to have excessive self-consciousness in public, indulge in overthinking about the past and future and have a strong urge to control the outcome as much as possible. For some stutterers who are biologically more challenged, perhaps they stutter despite being spontaneous. **But even in these chronic cases, I believe that a focus on more spontaneity could make a difference in their speech.** By more I mean being completely mindful of the present all the time and achieve a flow state of mind. This is just my unscientific opinion, it'd be interesting if a study is conducted on whether PWSs are generally less spontaneous than the average person. Feel free to comment on this post.