postr/Stutter_remissionOctober 19, 2025

Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency)

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Should we speak more calmly? (to improve our fluency) Generally, calmness tends to reduce everyday normal-disfluencies for all humans. From a stuttering perspective, states such as anger, excitement, or high adrenaline typically erode that calm and can alter their level of fluency. To clarify: Some people actually speak more fluently when they are angry or highly aroused or excited; others do better when they are calm. Similarly, some people stutter more in fearful situations, while others stutter more around people they feel comfortable with (see [screenshot](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12yiriq/do_you_stutter_more_or_less_if_you_speak_with/)). https://preview.redd.it/1zqinxqha3wf1.png?width=829&format=png&auto=webp&s=f54bb6e557ae4e97f247ebfd050a914d81e7f76c Conclusion: So my concern is that the stuttering community too often adopts society’s simple-valued view that calmness is always good and fear is always bad, without recognising how our inner judge actually works - that trigger an approach-avoidance conflict leading our subconscious brain to, then, excessively regulate speech execution. Your thoughts?

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Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Overthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightPropositionality & WeightAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception