I agree. I think it all comes down to expectations (that we rely on to move our speech muscles). Expectations such as: * Linking "very scared words in front of strangers" to "not executing speech movements of the planned sound" * Relying on less "scared words" (or desiring/expecting/demanding less scared words) * Relying on convincing ourselves that they aren't scared enough words * Blaming "scared words" * Linking "anxiety-inducing situations" with "not moving the speech muscles to say the planned syllable" * Believing in: "The more I overthink it, the harder it is to move my speech muscles" (in other words, linking "overthinking" with "speech performance".. expecting it, or relying on such requirements or set of rules which is a threshold mechanism or devensive-protection mechanism) * Relying on expectations or demands: "In high pressure situations I am much more fluent" * Relying on a better relationship with our stuttering The fact is, if we are not speaking, we can freely moving our speech muscles without problem. If we are eating, we are also moving these same muscles the way that we want. It's when we move the speech muscles and add "our own voice" that we start stuttering. So, in this context, we might have an expectation regarding "our own voice". I think that there are multiple ways to achieve fluency (whether controlled fluency or subconscious fluency): (1) we can attempt to "meet such expectations" (For example: often PWS rely on the expectation or demand to increase confidence, and thus increase fluency. Another example is to reduce anxiety, reduce the perceived scared words, reduce overthinking etc etc. I think that each person has "learned" to rely on their own unique expectations, so it's a very personal stutter journey, I believe. I think that (1) is the least effective, because by constantly trying to meet the expectations, we are constantly in high alert mode to check if we perceive a certain threshold (e.g., do we perceive less overthinking? Do I feel less word-fear? It keeps the monitoring-response mechanism very active, which I think is a bad habit, just so we can speak more fluently) (2) or, we can stop relying on any expectations entirely. I think that (2) is the most effective. Because it stops this whole monitoring-reactivity-loop. This loop is basically the "reason" that we don't move the speech muscles (or a reason to stutter), in my opinion. If it's true that there are multiple types of speech blocks, then I think that this is one of them. Conclusion: So, the question is, is your goal to meet the maladaptive expectations, or to stop relying on any expectations entirely - specifically to move the speech muscles to say the planned sound?