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I stutter more when the room is quiet. I've found over the years of studying my own stutter, that I stutter a lot more in quiet situations. If I'm talking to someone in my house and there's no sound, for example. When I was in school I stuttered more when the class would look at me to read something or give a presentation, because it would quiet down. I think when it's quiet I'm more aware of every word I use and sound I make, and I know I can't hide my stutter in the volume of a crowd. If I'm in a crowd or at a party, my stutter is almost gone entirely. I subconsciously know that if I stutter, no one will probably hear me anyway. This awareness relaxes me a lot when speaking. I can get away with disfluency, in a way. In the quiet, everyone is focused on my every word and all of the attention is on what I say. This can get me stressed out and overthink my words, causing the stutter. Does anyone have similar experiences? If so, how do you normally try to overcome this?