**"if the goal if fluency, the more you stutter"** \-> We can stop compulsion, if we have the goal of fluency while we are not bothered by stuttering. **"the more you try, the more you stutter"** \-> that's a much talked about debate on the neuro-sementics forum, but it all boils down to: If we are letting our body talk without intervention, then we stutter. Because then we are on autopilot and the body will use the mentality which is created by habit forming (of our old experience). So by default we stutter. So, in order to speak fluently, we have to do something. Isn't 'doing something' already considered trying? **Not effective:** If we try, by engaging to the trigger (like easy onset/fluence techniques/affirmations) then we make the trigger real. This is counter-productive because it's about making the trigger meaningless. **Effective:** If we try, by doing exercises to build resilience against trigger, disconfirm expectancy and detach importance from trigger. In this case, if you are constantly trying to not stutter.. then you are observing the trigger and really experiencing the discomfort (which normally makes the trigger real in your mind), but this time, it's still in your mind while observing it but since it's not real you don't care about it and you also don't expect a stutter.