>*"Has anyone tryed hypnosis for treatment of stuttering?"* I did one hypnosis session. The positive result was that I didn't stutter for the next three days. After three days I formed the opinion: '*I'm not ready to outgrow stuttering yet*' and '*I subconsciously speak fluently right now but I don't even know how I did it. I need to know how I did it first*'. I then kept hoping to stutter again, and after a couple of hours I finally started stuttering again and I never tried hypnosis again because I just need to know how exactly stuttering works first. If you are interested what I did in the hypnosis session, the coach used the movie theater exercise where I did a visualization exercise. **Hypnosis exercise:** I visualize that I'm sitting in a movie theater, where I watch myself stuttering on the screen. Then I become another 'me' who is standing at the stairs in the cinema who is watching myself sitting, who is watching the screen. After having become many me's, I made the screen black and white, far away, slowly smaller until it was gone. And when the coach finger flicked, I completely forgot how to stutter for the next three days. The me's all look at the 'next me' in line. The 'me' who is standing next to the cinema video projector is watching 'me' who is standing at the top of the staircase, who is watching 'me' who is standing in the middle of the staircase, who is watching 'me' sitting in the chair, who is watching me stuttering on the movie screen. **According to Google:** >The technique is known as the "nested loops" or "nested frames" technique in hypnosis. It is a method used to create multiple levels of dissociation and visualization, allowing the individual to experience a series of nested perceptions or perspectives. > >In this particular example, the technique involves creating a mental image where you observe yourself standing (first level of dissociation), then observing that self sitting in a chair (second level of dissociation), and finally observing that self on a movie screen in a cinema (third level of dissociation). Each level adds another layer of detachment from the initial experience, deepening the state of trance or absorption. > >The purpose of this technique is to induce a profound sense of dissociation and suggestibility, enhancing the hypnotic experience and increasing the individual's responsiveness to suggestions. It can be used for therapeutic purposes, exploring the unconscious mind, or simply for relaxation and entertainment. > >Alternative names of this hypnosis strategy are: > >Nested Frames: This term is often used interchangeably with nested loops and refers to the process of creating multiple layers of dissociation and perception within a hypnotic context. > >Stacked Realities: This name emphasizes the idea of stacking or layering different levels of reality or perception, similar to how nested loops create a series of nested experiences. > >Infinite Regression: This term suggests the idea of an endless loop or regression, where each level of dissociation leads to another level, creating an infinite sequence of nested experiences. > >Russian Doll Technique: This name draws an analogy to Russian nesting dolls, where smaller dolls are placed inside larger ones. Similarly, in this technique, the individual's perception is nested within other levels, akin to the dolls being nested within one another." **Did speaking fluently for a few days give me insight or give me better understanding of stuttering?** For me it's an indication that we are already a non-stutterer. I argue that we are only holding back speech (or rather, we inhibit execution of motor speech movements) by relying on conditioned responses. If we simply start behaving like a non-stutterer (instead of reinforcing helpnessness, or applying distraction that reinforces pathways to the stutter program in our brain), then we likely wouldn't perceive the '**inability to execute motor movements**', and then we likely wouldn't give away our responsibility or control to manage the forward flow of speech. In contrast, in my opinion, if we justify a mindset where we hope for a cure one day, then we may be distracting ourselves from the root cause, which is of course what I don't want to do. Because it would bring me further from reality and therefore reinforces the vicious cycle. This is just my take on it.