>Even with years of practice and breath techniques etc. It sounds like you were taught fluency shaping and found it as useless as I (and the majority of those who tried it) did. I clearly didnt communicate what I was saying well. I dont think anyone is a coward nor do I think it's someone's fault if they block. I didnt think I was a coward when I blocked and it felt like something I couldn't control, which frankly I couldn't because I didnt know how. But learning that it IS something that is within my control and it IS something that could be changed with the right kind of work and understanding was encouraging to me. It gave me hope and the understanding that I have more control over this than I thought. Again, it's not about willpower or courage. It's about working to learn a new way to behaving to replace what your body automatically does when it hits a strong approach-avoidance conflict on a sound.