I freeze and find it very hard to open my mouth when I start a sentence while doing eye contact. I usually wait till that eye contact is broken before saying a long sentence. In this case, physically opening my mouth while looking maintaining eye contact is hard.. fear of judgement is probably the hardest thing... It really boils down to fear of judgement and how ppl will think of me once I stutter - so not caring if I stutter is the way to go? It’s so instinctive tho. The fear is there before I can even think of it... it’s a habit. I also realise that I think I will open my mouth too big on a feared word and look strange but the reality is that I barely even open my mouth and when it feels ‘uncomfortable’ to me, that’s when I like kinda block.. but actually my mouth is completely normal but my perception is distorted.