As you presumably know, it is easy to tell sometimes when a block is coming in. If I can't get past it, I have a few techniques: - 'So I was walking to the ______ umm, yeah the __shops the other day.' Add an umm, a yeah, if you *must* cover the block. - Move my hands, idk why but covering my mouth, moving hands up while talking seems to help. This one is almost involuntary. - Take a deep breath and start again. This one is reaaalllly hard to do 'in the moment' and it sucks cos I know long term, its probably the best thing I could be doing to combat stuttering. But like I said, I'm trying more and more to not hide it, to repair it in anyway I can myself. I will say that dealing with this for 25 years I've noticed that people don't actually care, or notice, you're stuttering. You may feel while blocking that every eye in the room is on you thinking 'oh my god this kid can't talk' but they really don't care. They're thinking about their dog at home, their partner, the bills they have to pay. Accept this and I promise that dealing with a stutter (which, to me, is harder than actually having one) will be so much easier.