>practiced it in my head for the minutes leading up Stutter tends to not care about what you do in terms of practice, though. :) I think it might actually add to your nervousness if you think you have to "get it exactly right" or whatever. That's not how speech ordinarily goes, so we shouldn't have to think it like that either. Think of it more in terms of improvisation? Maybe that helps? Also, you _should_ care about your stutter. As long as it's in your way, you should keep searching for ways to handle it.