First congratulations ! I'm really happy that you managed to make it. I enjoyed reading you and the way you made it . That's a lot introspection and strength to keep going forward and stay optimistic. Even if it doesn't work for everyone, i'm sure it can help a lot of people. Desease or not, (i don't think it really is, even when there are genetic roots), i would say that everyone can still improve his speech. Being able to put our beleifs aside isn't easy, but very important indeed, for so many things in a life. Even if sometimes we can't put it aside, the first step is to admit that it is just a beleif, not an universal truth. And then notice that so many things in our lives are made of beleifs. I managed to overcome my stuttering too, i was a really hard stutter for 10-12 years. I think it was linked to traumas, like psychologycal and physical abuses. For exemple when i was around 4-5-6, my father used to hit me till i stop crying completely, or speaking, or moving. He was probably drunk most of these times. And this abuse alone was probably my strongest triggerer. I remember at 6 i decided i would never cry again in my life, Never. And it's the age where i started to stutter too. I had like a ball mixed of anxiety and anger in my bellly when i was trying to speak. Doing weird moves with my body and my hand trying to grab something invisible near my plexus solar. What i mean, is that it's not always easy to identify or change beleifs when it's deeply linked to traumas. Maybe things like EMDR therapy have more access to our deep subconscious. I didn't do it to overcome my stuttering, i discovered it years later. But maybe you will like to explore this subject a bit. What i did for a couple years was the Tomatis method. I think it helped, even if i never saw a fast change. Alfred Tomatis wrote books that worth the reading. https://www.tomatis.com/en/short Thanks for your will to help others. It's nice to see people like you here. 👍