Couldn't agree with this more. I feel like I stutter when I am given time to think what I am going to say. I will constantly repeat the thing in my mind and under my breath until its my turn to speak. And when I do my speech can't keep up with my brain and I stutter. I agree that we KNOW we are going to stutter no matter what we do about it so we try not doing it. Its kinda ironic. I also feel like its the expectations that make me stutter. Like situations where I am expected to speak and supposed no have problems in doing so. (giving an introduction, buying something, asking for the price etc.) And I overthink that due to my stutter, I am not going to meet up to the expectations so I continuously repeat the sentence in my mind and under my breath so that I don't mess it up while executing it in real life but I mess it up anyway. For example: In class, If the teacher announces that we are going to do introductions and my turn is like 4th or 5th I will mess it up by overthinking and repeating my name. But if he suddenly asks me out of the blue 'whats your name and where are you from?' It just comes out naturally because I didnt have time to think about it. Hope I made some sense lol.