*"Perceived trigger to do a compulsive response - I think you are avoiding saying anticipatory fear is causing me to block"* This is my attempt to write directly and with as few words as possible: \- by compulsive response I mean a hardwired - root - response. It's the core response (that we have control over) that causes the stutter glitch without the complicated behavior. In my case specifically: inability to move articulators \- by triggers I mean a thought or feeling that we can respond to or perceive as a reason to do a compulsive response \[static\] \- by attachment I mean perceiving/responding to a trigger that makes it true in my mind. For example: probability of a stutter and evaluation of a stutter, i.e. anticipation, fear of stuttering and proud of fluency \[dynamic\] Conclusion: So 'anticipatory fear' is not a trigger, rather it's a tiny part that constitutes attachment.