The stuttering program really is recorded, but it does not activate on its own. It is triggered by specific conditions: anticipation of judgment, urgency, loss of breathing control, internal tension, or the attempt to control speech instead of letting it flow. The faster the brain interprets communication as “danger,” the faster the program switches on. It is not turned off by willpower or by “correct techniques,” but by removing the conditions that cause it to activate in the first place. When the sense of threat, urgency, or the need to sound perfect disappears, the program has nothing to latch onto. That is why speech is fluent in some situations and blocked in others: speech itself does not change — the state of the nervous system does.