Same boat, I’m 22yrs old now and have been stuttering since 8 due to a stroke. Growing up going from fluent to becoming bullied in elementary school all the way to high school even out of high school I’ve wanted to “cure” my stutter. It wasn’t until after schooling that I realized it really wasn’t a big deal looking around you see flaws in people everywhere mine just happened to show when I spoke. Yeah not being able to say the words you know you’re able to sucks bc it’s like you know exactly what to say and how to say it but it cccccommes ouuut liiiike this and at times it’s frustrating. But living with a vocal difficulty has taught me so many things I probably wouldn’t have learned so young. Things like patiences,empathy,compassion,gratitude, and optimism to name a few also it showed me that there’s always an alternative way to do/SAY something. I swear I’ve developed 5 different ways to say one thing for every subject by now haha. Also it made me dive into areas of life I wouldn’t have without it stuttering has boosted my vocabulary, got in into meditation,reading, and most importantly out of my comfort zone. Every time I leave the how there’s a chance that day I’ll be in some uncomfortable speaking role but this stutter raised my confidence so much I could care less if I run into a block bc let’s face it you’ve heard all the insults and seen all the smirks by now to the point they can’t hurt you lol. There’s little mixed feelings about curing it still I’ve tried devices like the speecheasy/therapy they work for me but only when I’m with my trainer/therapist lol. I think those are just reference tools just in case you become really bothered, but for now I wouldn’t trade my stutter in fully bc it really makes me, me at this point.