Dude, i am 17 too. I wish i had your courage, you inspired me. When stutter began i was 12, from this on I just turned to another person, isolated from friends, no talking, A very closed person. Sometimes I have a brieffly moment of normal speech, because i fight really hard with it. But no matter how good is my mood, when I stutter/sttamer, instantly turns down. One time I punched me in the face on rage of my condition. But im realizing that I have to make people not expect me to speak normal, I will have to live with it if i am not killing this man