That's really very interesting!!! I'm wondering if I should read research papers on: Stuttering & voluntary tic inhibition? (to gain more insight) [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22voluntary+tic+inhibition%22+%22stuttering%22](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22voluntary+tic+inhibition%22+%22stuttering%22) In your own experience, do you experience both developmental stuttering and (Tourette's) tics? > *For stuttering, we could say it's non-selective suppression of global motor output.* Yes, but isn't is also both? The moment we convince ourselves (and catastrophize/magnify - a cognitive distortion) speech errors (such as, 'I will likely stutter on the first letter of my name'), then isn't this associated with selective suppression? In the same way, if implement other cognitive distortions, such as reinforcing negative expectations regarding the speech error 'I identify as severe stutterer, it's neurological so I will always stutter randomly', then this might be associated with non-selective suppression? If this is true, then we should understand the concept that computer programmers (Java, Python etc) face. Programmers often discuss the concept: "*Can computer programmers truly create a* ***truly random*** *event?*". In this viewpoint, if a stutterer relies on the algorithm/rule: 'I might stutter randomly', then by definition it's not random anymore. In the same way that computer programmers cannot create something **truly random**. Conclusion: So, if it's not truly random, then I think that PWS don't actually perceive non-selective suppression, rather selective suppression (because we stutter based on a selective defined concept (or self-image): '*being a random severe neurological stutterer*'). In [this ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1dz2vhi/we_might_anticipate_stuttering_90_of_the_time/) comment, you mentioned: >"*I focus on relaxing my neck, i.e. alleviating any arising tension that is created by words I already read out and utterances already made. It's an effective way to shut down anticipation. Just had an incidence of anticipation. I reeled it right back in and didn't stutter. I can do it willingly now. It's not the word you are trying to say that's the problem, because it hasn't been said yet and so it cannot be accountable for already existing tension. I focus on relaxing tension in my neck accumulated by my previous utterances. And the word I'm about to say comes out by itself.*" And >GMpro2 said: " *Try to touch your face or neck before or during the spazm (contraction) – you will feel immediate relief.* " During a stutter, if I relax my neck even more then it doesn't lead to a reduction of (1) anticipation, or (2) stuttering. Any tips that can improve this? In general I always relax my neck and other muscles, but this trick had never in my lifetime reduced my stuttering in any way. I think this is because I always convince myself that "tension and relaxation doesn't improve my stuttering", so this kind of became my 'concept' or 'self-fulfilling prophecy or rule/condition that doesn't affect the defensive mechanism (or release threshold that allows/prevents execution of speech plans). Do you have other tips?