Thank you! Great response! I hope you will contribute more in this community. Yes absolutely, radical honesty by disclosing to listeners: "*that we stutter and need more time to get the point accross*", is a great way to **(1) reduce negative listeners responses, (2) reduce shame and (3) pay less attention to stuttering**. So I agree with you, there are likely many more positive effects. Perhaps one minor negative effect could be that we then '*start relying on others*'. It could also lead to developing a belief system that '*we need help from the outside instead of relying on our inner faith of the forward flow*'. It could also maintain the unhelpful attitude of '*blaming triggers*' to stop moving speech muscles. **In my opinion:** there are likely 100s of ways to outgrow stuttering and I recommend to approach the stutter cycle from all angles, including your way of disclosing! Great reply! Looking forward to see more posts of you!