Ash is an adult and normal speaker now.
He kindly commented on Self Talk:
I used to have an intermittent stammer around ages 11-14. One day (I recall it quite well) I discovered a way to "think over it". It now recurs rarely, in moments of stress where I'm attending to what I'm saying.
It's a little hard to describe what I did... subjectively, part of it was that I moved my centre of consciousness - the point within my body which I think from, measure the world from - from my mouth/throat to higher up my head, behind my eyes. That's where the "over" bit comes from.
And I can bring it back at will (not that I often want to). Mostly by reversing the process described above, plus a bit of body tension, and directing my attention to my speaking/hearing.
I wanted to bring this to your attention rather than let it languish in a comment.
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