I haven’t really thought about that. I’d say the first two or three repeats just pause my brain there, anything after that I’m consciously trying to get to the next word. Today I when I couldn’t get to the next word I wanted to stop and take a few deep breathes or something but I couldn’t stop until my mouth decided it was done. I’m lucky enough to have a good therapist and a psychiatrist so I rarely have panic attacks these days. I’m usually too preoccupied with other issues to remember my odd brain tics. I think the panic attacks make it worse but it can happen at any time. Thank you so much for your insight. You haven’t confused me at all and you’ve given me things to think about.