> i stutter much less but I'm much more reckless with what i say to people I can relate to this! Stuttering is not just the jaw feeling as if it's clamping up... but the habit can also lead to mixed up words. To those for whom this is happening, I would relate my anecdote that I've found that I don't need to worry how my mental voice sounds (even things being twisted into cartoon voices is OK), but it's important to always keep your words in your mind as you think to yourself in the right order. Frankly, the mind can think just fine without this... the mind thinks idea by idea by idea... but to assure smooth speech production, it's important to hold the line here.