Stuttering as a form of negative autosuggestion/self hypnosis

Stuttering as a form of negative autosuggestion/self hypnosis So, over quite a long time I have formed this theory about how my stutter works. I say 'my stutter' because I think it's entirely possible that there might be different kinds of stuttering with different causes. In other words stuttering might be a symptom of several different problems that have little to do with each other. Anyway, I think that for me it is a kind of negative autosuggestion. I only stutter when I have the thought that I might stutter or that I will stutter. If there is no such thought in my mind I don't stutter, no exceptions. It is like Coué said, imagination always wins over will power. If I imagine there is going to be a problem there actually is most likely going to be a problem and no amount of will power can overcome this. In fact the more effort I put into overcoming my perceived problem the worse it gets whereas there would be no problem at all if I didn't imagine it. I've developed this a bit further: I think what happens if I have this idea of an impending problem in my mind and I want to say something, is that my brain tries to shut down any attempt of speaking so as to prevent me from stuttering which in turn causes the stuttering! Paradoxical I know but it really feels like I finally understand what's going on in my head when it happens. The Go-signal from my conscious mind constantly gets shut down by a Stop-signal from my subconsciousness (actually not so subconscious, more like another part of my mind that I can't control directly). Back and forth, back and forth it goes between Start/Go and Stop, in very quick succession, many times per second and whether or not I stutter then depends on which signal gets through, and if it's the Go-signal whether or not it can be sustained long enough without the Stop-signal interfering for me to finish whatever I want to say. So this is what I've come up with. Now the next step would be to develop strategies how to deal with this. Maybe I can use autosuggestion (maybe even in the form of hypnosis) to my advantage but it will be very hard to break decades long negative conditioning. Thoughts, ideas? Thanks.