**"If I had my way, stuttering would be considered an anxiety disorder - not a physical impairment"** I agree with you, but the definition of anxiety is not complete. Positive triggers that lead to a stutter anticipations are: * "I'm a stutterer (positive connotation)" \[defining or labeling oneself\] * "I love to stutter, I want to choose to stutter, I completely give up on fluency" \[justifying compulsion\] * "I'm proud that I spoke 1 sentence without compulsion \[black white thinking 'as if that's not one's normal speech'\] * "Stuttering is my way of speaking" \[identifying oneself with trigger\] * etc \[and other positive triggers\] ​ Conclusion: Anxiety (fear and uncertainty) is not the only cause for an anticipation of a stutter. As above explained, positive triggers also lead to a stutter anticipation and choosing to freeze speech mechanism. Therefore I opt for changing the definition of anticipatory anxiety. New definition of anticipatory anxiety: all negative and positive triggers that lead up to a stutter anticipation convincing oneself to choose for compulsion.