Comment #1: >*"One thing that stunned me while I was being told to change how I say something was when I knew i was blocking before saying a thing!  And when I felt it let go before saying a thing!  It's always been deeper."* Thank you so much for your thoughtful response! I really appreciated what you said about *feeling* the block before it happens, and also sensing when it lets go. —and yes, I agree, it runs deeper than what we’re often told in standard advice or therapy. I think there are many factors that influency stuttering, such as the **approach-avoidance conflict**, linguistic complexity, mood, hyper-sensitivity etc etc etc. when we *know* we’re about to stutter before speaking - I think this belongs under the **approach-avoidance conflict**. So: We expect to speak (approach), but there’s also a deep, often subconscious, urge to avoid stuttering.. this can occur if we enounter any conditoined stimuli that we perceive as an error and to be avoided (such as, stuttering anticipation as you pointed out). That internal tug-of-war can basically trigger before we open our mouths, as you pointed out.