Definitely, you and many other PWS know well in advance what word we are going to stutter on. We may anticipate or scan for feared words \[future-focused\], also often we excessively check the outcome of our speech, especially whether it was fluent \[past-focused\]. In my opinion, one of the problems lies in thinking that primitive fear leads to more stuttering. I think this is overestimated. But, since we the media or people around us put so much emphasis on this fabricated fear and we become open to the idea of it affecting our stuttering, it could result in "learning" to rely on a lack of fear - just to speak. Also, the term "*feared word*" can be misleading in this context, because I argue that an anticipated word is less of a primitive fear problem and more of a conflict/demand problem (that we "*learned*" to associate to voluntary speech movement control), such as: * Word-related factors (e.g., position and length). For example: "*The word is long or difficult, so it makes sense that stuttering increases*". I argue that many people who stutter deeply subconsciously convince themselves that they are not able to go past a block and thus believe they are unable to continue articulation * Linguistic, emotional or cognitive demands and conflicts * Communicative pressure * Attention * Doubt about how to get out of the block In my current phase, I don't have stuttering anticipation. If I block now, then it's because I evoke too much physiological pain in my neck that it can result in fainting - caused by executing articulation, and so, I choose to stop articulation to reduce this pain. The result is that I stutter. However, I'm not sure if all PWS who have unlearned anticipation (like me), become aware of this physiologial pain, or if it's only me. Have you become aware of any such pain that you can result in fainting - causing you to stutter to reduce this pain (like me)?