Hello I’m new to this Reddit and I have stuttered ever since second grade. I started off by stomping my foot or winking to force words out. My main stutter is blocks and prolongations. I just graduated high school and I’m 18, and all throughout my life I attended speech therapy although I was

Hello I’m new to this Reddit and I have stuttered ever since second grade. I started off by stomping my foot or winking to force words out. My main stutter is blocks and prolongations. I just graduated high school and I’m 18, and all throughout my life I attended speech therapy although I was Embarrassed by it , I never really saw much improvement through speech therapy and basically my whole life up until this point I pretended I didn’t stutter. I let people make their own assumptions about me just so I was able to( in my mind) appeal as being “ normal”. I’ve always been involved in sports and playing football and track in high school. I just graduated and the stress of the real world has set in. I honestly haven’t had issues making friends as I have developed meaningful friendships and intimate relationships for years and had some really amazing friends and girlfriends that just saw past it and were able to really accept me for me . This has been such a blessing but I’ve grown to feel lonely in my stutter because I haven’t had anyone to relate to really or look up to. I’m making this post because I just want to talk to someone who has experienced what I’ve experienced and so I can feel less lonely in my stutter. Please reach out to me on my Snapchat - luke_freyman or drop a comment I just want to hear everything you guys have to say and talk about stuttering experiences.