>Listen, you seem to prefer blocks. Personally, I find them terrible because most listeners have no idea what's going on and they are accompanied by fear/stress. > >Mild repetitions are not an issue in communication because you can easily transition to the next sound and the listener understands what is going on. > >If you are doing repetitions to hide a block, then you are no longer blocking. Blocking is when NOTHING comes out and it is worse, by every metric. Thank you for your response. I understand your points. You are referring to phase 3 ('I find it terrible that listener's have not idea what's going on', 'amount of stuttering', 'blocking is when nothing comes out and is worse by every metric'). I agree comnpletely what you are discussing, however, this is actually discussing phase 3, not phase 1. So you misunderstood my question. I will rephrase it: * You said: 'I find it terrible that listener's have not idea what's going on', 'amount of stuttering', 'blocking is when nothing comes out and is worse by every metric' * my opinion: Everything you said is from phase 3, not from phase 1, so your answer to my question about 'phase 1' is invalid because you are answering regarding phase 3. * So let's assume we already devolved from phase 3 to phase 2. * Question 1: Do you agree with this statement? Statement: in order to go from phase 2 to phase 1, we need to stop with this thinking pattern: 'I find it terrible that listener's have not idea what's going on', 'amount of stuttering', 'blocking is when nothing comes out and is worse by every metric'. * Question 2: Do you agree with this statement? Statement: in order to go from phase 2 to phase 1, we need to stop desensitizing by doing secondary behavior, specifically I mean, we need to stop relieving ourselves from anxiety by doing this incorrect response: returning to the first letter (aka repeating a word). * Why or why not do/don't you agree with this statement?