Great reply! You said: "*For example there's been many times when I'm preparing to talk to someone, I say what I want to say 5 to 8 times under my breath and I will say it perfectly each time but as soon as I make an attempt to say it to them I start to stutter.*" Yes, I agree, we have indeed established, that other people listening to you is a trigger. Not just for you, this is I think, for most people who stutter actually. Regarding one misconception. You said: "That I might be making it worse **by thinking about it**.". The point of my first comment was, that thinking about it is not what triggers stuttering. Do you remember my example, where the random student randomly shouts "Garbage"? No matter how much you think about that, this is just not what triggers us. understand? Focusing or thinking about past negative experiences is just not what triggers certain movement actions or whatnot, as explained above. In other words, going from your base assumption about 'focusing or thinking about it' is wrong. And as long as we blame wrong things, we stay stuck in the vicious cycle, and I think this is the message of my previous comment. Because, what would happen if we blame 'focusing or thinking about negative past experiences or future anticipation'? Then, we would find ways to stop thinking about it (like distraction or avoidance behaviors and whatnot), and then it's already too late, because then we are already drawn into stutter problem land. I think [my other post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xr6luy/tips_for_people_who_stutter_advice_on_how_to/)captures this beautifully, and maybe it's interesting for you to read, [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xr6luy/tips_for_people_who_stutter_advice_on_how_to/). You said: "*It's just over the years I just can't help but notice it.*" I think this is again the same point I made, it's not about noticing it or not, that is not what triggers stuttering. You said: "*I can definitely acknowledge that it's probably my view on talking to people but I just don't know what that would be or what I should change.*" Yes, but that is just one small detail in the bigger picture.. that is only one factor that affects being triggered. I just taught it up myself to make a point.. but a real therapist (not a speech therapist cause they are not specialized in triggers) but a real therapist specialized in triggers, can give us all the possible ways of being triggered. That example I gave about story-telling, that's only a small examples, the actual factors that trigger stuttering is 100x times bigger, there are way more elements that play a role. And I think we should just google them, or ask a therapist (and not ask people who is not specialized in triggers). You and also me, we just have no knowledge about this topic because we are not specialized in this stuff. But this stuff is probably the most important when it comes to reaching subconscious fluency or anything with stuttering remission