Best To Stay Neutral

Whenever I have a "smooth speech" experience, I tend to feel very good about myself as a person. In fact, to be totally honest, I congratulate myself for passing as a non-stutterer (shame on me, I know).

I'm wondering, though, whether this reaction is as damaging as the chastising I throw upon myself each time a stutter slips out. After all, both send the message to my brain that smooth speech is good and stuttering is not.

So perhaps just like I shouldn't scold myself for stuttering, I shouldn't applaud myself or be on cloud nine when I happen to talk smoothly.

Instead, I should be completely neutral about any speech I produce.