I agree with everything you said. Except for the thing about "something about communication triggers stuttering". Stuttering depends on if you feel safe to express yourself authentically. Meaning deep down rooted you understand that whatever you say, even if you stutter.. there is no danger. That's why we can have communication with some people and feel like we aren't thinking about stuttering at all, thus not stuttering at all. Because consciously and unconsciously we feel safe around these people. No past triggers are being arisen and we allow ourselves to completely let out guard down. We get put into stuttering states when we feel the desire to prove, please, pretend, or perfect ourselves. When we feel like who we are is not valid and we need to do something in order to be okay. I'm sure you can recognize many times in your life when you spoke naturally and effortlessly in a "communication" situation. And I'm sure you can recognize many times where you stuttered severly in a "communication" situation. So clearly the correlation isn't the fact that it's in a communication situation. The correlation is something much deeper. If this doesn't resonate with you, that's alright. It's just a way of thinking and addressing my stutter that has allowed me to stop thinking about my speech for the past few years and allowed stuttering to have 0 impact on my emotional well being. Hope this helps some people