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Agreed! This might also explain why "acting in a different voice" improves fluency for some PWS but not for others—myself included. For someone like Emily Blunt, it’s possible that her sub-personalities stop being critical of her speech execution and speech timing when she’s acting, allowing her to access a fluency state. In my case, I’ve noticed the opposite. When I try to act in a different voice, I subconsciously instruct my internal sub-personalities to remain critical of my speech timing. I think this stems from a deep-seated belief I’ve held since childhood: that I need to stutter consistently in all situations to align with my self-concept as someone who stutters.. so I think that this belief might prevent me from letting go of those internal judgments when I “act in a different silly voice”