Anticipation (of negative listeners responses)(or that stuttering might happen) often leads to us paralyzing our tongue, jaw or other speech muscles and then it brings about a speech block. In contrast, if we throw ourselves at anticipation to expose ourselves to the **fear** (of anticipation) and **doubt** (that leads to underestimating our ability to move our speech muscles during a feared letter), without consciously trying to reduce unhelpful thoughts or emotions - then in my opinion our body and mind will adjust to anticipation (and other stutter triggers), and then this could **reduce speech blocks** in the long term, because this could result in: * perceiving anticipation as less dangerous than we previously thought and thus we then perceive stuttering not as a problem anymore and not to be fixed * reducing unhelpful responses like avoidance-behavior, coping mechanisms, secondaries Additionally, I recommend to replace 'cure' with outgrowing. 87.5% of people outgrow stuttering even adults. According to a PhD researcher, we should stop adopting the word 'cure' and stop preventing ourselves from outgrowing stuttering since it will only justify pathways to cancel speech plans leading to a speech block. **In my opinion**: the problem in my opinion is that we prioritize feedback over forward flow. In other words, the feedback (like feeling emotions) is not the issue, rather the attitude of '*prioritizing feedback over forward flow*' or the unhelpful condition '*blaming emotions to paralyze speech muscles or depending on a relaxed state*' makes us a chronic stutterer.