I fully agree with this. Something else I want to add is that acceptance doesn’t mean you have to like it! I accept the fact I stutter. I talk about it publicly and it’s literally my entire career (I’m a speech therapist doing my PhD focusing on stuttering). That being said, I don’t like that I stutter. If I could push a button and make it disappear instantly I would without a doubt. I very publicly admit that as well. It’s not who you are, but it’s a part of your life. Just like your eye color or height isn’t your entire identity, it’s a part of you that you can’t really change and you live with it. Outside of work, I don’t talk about stuttering (even at work I barely talk about my own stuttering). It doesn’t have to be your identity and that’s completely ok. It’s also ok if it is. Everyone is different and there’s no right or wrong way to feel about it. Some days will be better and some days will be worse. That’s normal. It’s normal to feel frustrated sometimes. I was in the exact same spot as you. I started stuttering in 4th grade and was being made fun for it constantly (by kids and mostly by other adults in my life) but that’s not what it’s like forever. I’ve found a good friend group that could not care less about it. With my friends who do stutter, we make jokes about it and make fun of ourselves because the only thing we can do is just laugh about it sometimes. It sucks sometimes but it all works out in the end.