> I learned that the thing FUELING this disorder, was my FEAR towards having new panic attacks. Another great reply! On the surface and at first glance we would indeed say that fear fuels panic responses (like not breathing calmly). However, I find that if we look deeper, that the emotion 'fear' by itself can never lead to panic responses such as 'stopping with calm breathing'. I argue that there are no thoughts or feelings that can lead to panic responses or holding back speech, rather an unhelpful belief/attitude will lead to panic responses. In other words, the way we have wired ourselves and learned the habit of perceiving and responding in an unhelpful way towards anticipatory fear. For example: * Unhelpful belief: "*Anticipatory fear is a problem, is dangerous, is not safe*". However, if we don't have this unhelpful belief then we likely wouldn't need to apply the unhelpful attitude: '*I need to predict stuttering in order to decide whether to hold back speech*' * Unhelpful attitude: "I need to predict stuttering in order to decide whether to hold back speech" * Unhelpful attitude: "I hold back speech, because I blame anticipatory fear" * Unhelpful attitude: "I hold back speech, because I first need to reduce anticipatory fear"