>Most do not even notice it as a “difference/problem”, and IMO, that’s the main reason is goes away. It just evaporates bc it gets no attention. Definitely, I agree. You said that they are unaware that the 'disfluency' is a 'stutter disorder'. Conclusion: * Adults who Stutter (AwS) learn to define their disfluency as a stutter disorder (because as you said, they are AWARE of it). This then leads to believing that their stuttering is chronic and then they give up on stopping compulsion. Would you agree with that? * Then they do rituals (like secondary behaviors as you said) to relieve themselves from anticipatory anxiety. This then leads to trying to deliberately control their speech mechanism, because they lose faith in their automatic natural speech Kids who outgrow stuttering do the exact opposite: * They let their body speak automatically * They don't react to stuttering. This implies that they don't perceive triggers as 'I will stutter' or 'my stutter is chronic'