Yes. And... Some people are more biologically wired to feel/notice/believe they are being ridiculed, making your very true advice a very difficult process. and the temporary failures to “let it go” can induce further waves of shame. significantly impactful stuttering behaviors (heavy avoidances, long blocks, breaking eye contact, etc) are ultimately *just* about self-loathing. So it’s further difficult to disentangle bc you are already hating on yourself long before/after the other person enters the picture. But if we could all do as you said, our stutter would essentially cease to be impactful. I was “laughed at” in grocery store during a long block yesterday, and because I had the tools to “let it go”, I left feeling good. But it took a while to get to this point.