I've been stuttering my whole life, and I want to share something I discovered about myself - and genuinely ask if anyone else experiences the same

I've been stuttering my whole life, and I want to share something I discovered about myself - and genuinely ask if anyone else experiences the same For context. I did NOT write below post. It's a copy from a random post that I found online. I hope it will be helpful to someone. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Post from someone else: *A few years ago I noticed that when I play music loudly in my earphones while talking, my stuttering decreases noticeably. Not before the conversation - during it. Like my brain gets distracted from monitoring my own speech, and the blocks become smaller.* *But here's what I discovered more recently: it's not just any music that helps. It specifically works better when the music has lyrics — when there's a voice and words in the song. Instrumental music helps less. It's like the words and the other person's voice in the music "interrupt" my own thoughts about stuttering. My brain gets busy processing someone else's words, and in that moment, it stops over-monitoring my own speech. I still stutter, but noticeably less. Enough to actually get through a conversation.* *I also stutter less when I sing, and more when I read aloud alone - which makes me think it's not just about anxiety around other people. It's something about how my brain listens to itself and tries to "fix" my speech before the words even come out.* *Classic speech therapy techniques - slow speech, breathing, syllable tapping - they work in the therapist's office. But in real conversations, everything disappears the moment someone is waiting for me to speak. All the techniques are gone.* *So I've been carrying earphones every single day for years. Always charged, always ready. It's my workaround - but I don't want a workaround forever. I want to actually understand what's happening and whether there's a real solution.* *Has anyone else experienced something similar - where a voice or words in music help more than just sound or rhythm? Or found anything else that works specifically in the moment of a real conversation, not just in practice?* *I'm trying to understand this more deeply, both for myself and because I'm exploring whether this mechanism could become something that actually helps people - not just in therapy rooms, but in real life.* *Thank you for reading. This community means a lot.*