Other maladaptive fluency demands in order to immediately execute articulation: * needing to calm down and reduce fear, needing to focus on breathing, desiring fluency and other maladaptive responses that has absolutely nothing to do with speech initiation as a non-stutterer, needing to self-confirm that I'm truly alone in order to speak fluently, needing to believe in something, needing to convince myself of something, needing to do something, needing to rely on thoughts, feelings, sensations, or behaviors to initiate articulation