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Exposure therapy One way to reduce stuttering might be to talk in front of a group of random people, who are there just to listen and stay non-judgmental. The idea is that the only people we usually have like this are therapists, family, or close friends. But if it's done in a group setting with strangers, your brain gets a chance to re-learn the negative pathways that contribute to stuttering. A big part of stuttering is the learned fear—fear of judgment—that makes those pathways worse. Practicing in front of neutral, non-critical people could help break that cycle. The main challenge is finding people who are willing to listen and stay non-judgmental. One way to do this could be to pay people for their time, but the key difference here is that most support groups for stuttering are made up of other people who stutter. While those groups are great for support, the goal here is to practice speaking in front of "normal" people—folks who don’t have the same fears or experiences tied to stuttering. Traditional speech therapy doesn’t really focus on this. It’s more about techniques for fluency, not so much about tackling the anxiety and fear that often make stuttering worse. These are just my thoughts, but it's something worth thinking about. When's the last time you actually spoke in such a group? Stuttering doesn’t have a conventional cure, but the brain is incredibly plastic. If it’s not given the opportunity to rewire the negative speech pathways, you’ll likely continue to stutter. The idea is that, by practicing in front of a non-judgmental group, you can help break that cycle of fear and anxiety that contributes (not responsible) to stuttering, allowing the brain to form new, more positive speech patterns.