Hi! I think your analogy is great. I’m a 20 y/o with a stammer, and have been in and out of speech therapy all my life. I personally like to address my stammer all the time, always trying to find ways to make it easier or simply spending lots of time thinking about it. I’ve never had very much success in actually making it better. I can talk totally fluently when I’m by myself (I spend a lot of time reading out loud, just to see what it feels like), but even when doing so I can always feel that same feeling I get when I’m about to get stuck, like when you’re reeling in a cable and you see that it’s about to get tangled, but it just never does, I just speak normally. This suggests to me that there is something wrong with the part of my brain that deals with talking and communication, and when put in a social setting, the added pressure and brain power needed to have a conversation is just too much for my brain to deal with, and the cable gets tangled and messy. I now feel that no amount of conventional speech therapy will ever help me. I’d be interested to see how your journey goes, as I’m sure would a lot of people, so keep us updated!