Can stutter-negative and stutter- positive coexist?

Can stutter-negative and stutter- positive coexist? I would hope that they can. They are both entirely valid ways to experience stuttering. Internet stuttering spaces do tend to be heavily one or the other. This sub seems to lean more stutter-negative. (Stutter-negative = “how do we fix stuttering and achieve fluency?” Stutter-positive = “it’s okay to stutter, accept yourself for how you are”) Of course most people are somewhere in the middle, myself included. Here is one big way in which the two camps can meet on common ground: Having a positive attitude and acceptance towards stuttering *actually reduces stuttering.* ….. At least it has for me and a lot of others in the stutter-positive camp— I guess I can’t promise it will work that way for everyone. But it certainly won’t make you stutter *more*. It can be uncomfortable to have someone telling you to be positive when you aren’t ready for it, or if you feel like your real issues are being ignored. But…. the thing is, we arent swimming in solutions. There may be *some* other ways to increase fluency, but really not many. Sometimes nothing else helps *except* to have a positive attitude. That’s why I say it to people— not because I’m ignoring your problems but because I really don’t know *what else will help.*