You said: *" Even when talking alone I may have to say certain sentences a few times before I can say it fluently"* Me too. When I was in primary school, I always stuttered severely when I was alone.. so changing situations or talking to different people didn't improve my stuttering. As a child, even speaking in high pressure/anxiety situations did entirely nothing to my stuttering. A lot of people might say "it's because your stuttering is more neurological". but later in life, I practiced speaking alone. I reached a phase where I didn't stutter anymore when alone, but if I added one single person (even my gentle mum), I started stuttering severely again. It's not because I was "more neurological", rather it seemed to be more related to how my subconscious was perceiving (or reacting to) fear of judgements, but very deeply subconsciously. anyway.,., at this moment, my viewpoint on this is, I have a feeling that for around 40% of people who still stutter WHEN they are alone— those who, as research shows, continue to stutter even when they're alone — their subconscious may still perceive the “alone” environment as not truly private. It’s as if their mind holds a kind of ever-present sense or concept that someone could potentially be nearby, possibly overhearing them, even when no one is actually there. In other words, this internal perspective might be shaped by this subtle, background belief, like a lens through which they view the world. where the possibility of being heard is always lingering in the air "all-present social sensation". Resulting in stuttering even when they are alone. Your thoughts?