I think that we stutterers learned to have no desire to forget that we stutter - especially during difficult speaking situations. The thing about forgetting is.. the more we tell ourselves to forget about stuttering, the more we think about stuttering. (see the [pink elephant effect](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-when-you-tell-someone-to-NOT-think-of-a-pink-elephant-they-are-suddenly-thinking-about-one), 'Once something is mentioned, it’s hard to get it out of your head and think about something else.') I think this especially applies to speech therapy: The goal of speech therapy is often more control/managing stuttering (not stuttering remission). Additional control can actually lead to focusing more on stuttering, but then, what other choice do we have? We do all these coping mechanisms in the absence of a better solution, wouldn't you say so?