Great story! I’m assuming you’re Christian. Me too. I’m a 25 year-old man. I actually began stuttering around 21 years old. I believe it was a combination of social confusion and emotional sensitivity due to being autistic, as well as being a people pleaser and socially anxious. As well as most of my friends in college were Japanase so I was learning an entirely new culture while all this was going on. I believe this all led to tension and holding back, which started the stuttering for me. I would say my stuttering is pretty mild, but have done a lot of work, such as facing fears socially, and reading up on social skills, to increase my comfort zone and stay above relapse. I do feel ashamed about stuttering, but mostly I just don’t like that it basically forces me to have a conversation about it with people, or risk them interpreting it as something that makes me look bad. And I don’t feel good about looks of confusion while I’m trying to talk to somebody. This journey truly has taught me so much about myself. Though lately I have felt a bit fatigued due to fighting so often to keep my head up. So anger and resentment was acting as a mental block to your expression? And curious, if you don’t mind explaining, how did you know your husband was the one after only 10 weeks of dating? I would like to be able to recognize that in a woman.