Thanks for your reply. I agree we cannot take emotions out of the equation. But think about times when you have stuttered and there hasn't been much emotion or social pressure involved. That's the basis of what I'm talking about. Yes emotions can be involved, but sometimes, they're not. We are not to blame for our stutter, and I believe that pointing the finger at emotions is implicitly saying that stuttering is your fault. I don't believe that to be accurate or true to say. There are many other things occuring in the brain that we can point to in people who stutter that are unrelated to emotions.