We should probably note that we don't know how precisely stutter _works_, so that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about models of (self-)understanding. If we think of ourselves in a certain way, we might also think that there are things we should be doing differently (when it comes to stutter). But if it turns out we're not thinking of ourselves in quite the right way, it might also turn out that there isn't anything we need to be doing differently. The important point here is that imagining an effort to _not think about something_, as if this was the solution to stutter, simply isn't doing us any good. It's a very strained way of going about it. So, even if we really feel like it's all our own doing... that's not a healthy place to be in. It's not a good way to understand what's going on. We run the risk of putting even more stress on ourselves than what's already there. We don't know precisely how stutter works. But we can change the way we think about it.