>*You said: "I have this weird theory that the reason why we block is because when we were little we got the idea that regulating our own emotional state may regulate the other person´s emotional state."* I agree completely, I also think so! >*"If we regulate them positively (pleasent emotions) they feedback positive responses; love, safety, acceptance. But if we regulate them the other way we may feel in danger."* Yes exactly, you read my mind. I agree also! >*"Whenever our nervous system and brain predicts that the probability of regulating them positively is low, it actives the blocking mechanism in order to prevent our next movement. We freeze."* True. Absolutely, I agree with you! >*"When you are alone there is no one to regulate so the neural pathway has no place to be active."* I agree that we often do not stutter when alone. In those moments of fluent speech, there seems to be no issue with regulating our emotional state to conform with others' emotions. And *the need to regulate other people's emotions* may not be present at this time. Is this what you're implying? If so, I agree. **Question**: If we typically don’t stutter when alone, why do some people still experience stuttering when they speak alone? For example, as a child, I stuttered in all situations the same.. whether I was alone, or reading chorally. It didn't matter. I always stuttered the same in all situations. However, as an adult, I no longer stutter when alone. As someone who has experienced this shift, I have my own perspective on why we sometimes stutter when alone. You can read it in [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1hwjfrr/comment/m64akwo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), can you resonate with it? >*You said: "To know that our own emotional state may contribute to the other people feelings but ultimately he or she has the final word. To feel accepted, loved and secure not by the other people being content but by our own rules."* Yes exactly. I agree with this also. This begs the question: Why do non-stutterers who confirm to other people's emotions - not freeze like we do? How would you answer this in more detail? >*You said: "I believe the tricky part is not to understand something very complex but to learn how to unlearn something that is very hardwired. Is engrained on our nervous system. The core aspect of our personalities."* I agree completely with you! As you pointed out, the key is to unlearn the hardwired engrained (responses?) on our nervous system. Yes exactly, the core aspect is our personality.. but what exactly in this personality is maladaptive? Are there maladaptive "learned" mental rules we rely on (to overregulate our own emotions) within our personality perhaps? (that lies at its core)