Just to point out: I know what you're saying. - >Ok, I’ll explain. I’m not claiming to be a psychiatrist or psychologist, but this simply makes sense [...] “retrain” your brain to not react the way is previously did when you do stutter. This entire first paragraph (abbreviated here) about your understanding of brain stuff could be discarded. It's not really helpful. But you could read more about brain science, if you were so inclined, of course. Just note that "the brain" is not an _agent_. The brain is part of an organism, which is surrounded by an environment. The agent here is _you_. - >You can try and tell yourself that stuttering is ok and people won’t care (which is true) but the second you step into the spotlight you will tense up and freak out. If you can’t relate to this then you are an outlier on this sub my friend. Perhaps you're missing the point, and yet you're making it yourself in other ways. We should get more used to our stutter. Also, we should get more used to not focusing so much on other people. I'm _exactly_ relating to this when I write the things I do in here. But it's important that we maintain a nuanced approach and understanding, instead of trying to cut corners (rhetorically speaking). Stutter varies a lot, so we have to become familiar with that. It doesn't mean stutter isn't "a problem", but it also doesn't mean that the solution is "fluency".