>The most "funny" part is that after they read my message, I can actually speak to them pretty well, just because there is no anxiety about "if I can say it or not." Yea I've noticed this too. The anxiety associated with stuttering is less when I perceive the listener a certain way. If I perceive the person to be misinformed / ignorant about stuttering or not know that I stutter, my stutter tends to be worse and chances are that I'm silent blocking on the first word. I think it's because we perceive the situation to be far worse if we stutter and the listener doesn't know what's going. Because there's an extra layer of uncertainty. Uncertain of when the stutter will occur and uncertain what the other person do / say / feel.