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I really encourage you to read nukefudge's reply below, friend! When I found that my self-conscious feelings about my stutter was influencing how much it reared it's head in my day-to-day life I made it a personal goal to not think about it as much. I saw other people in my company with a comparably worse stutter that were in higher positions as well, they just never dwelled on it and at times even played it off. With my job, I do heavy face-to-face interactions with customers of all ages and walks of life and even do 30+ minute programs with these audiences as well. Getting into more experiences that made me talk comfortable with people made me fluent. Yes, I was freaking terrified and took some of my "oh-shit" emergency medications sometimes, but I made it through those programs, did more of them, and felt more comfortable. Now I can do live readings of books and stories to children and do I stutter still? You bet I do! Especially blocking with hard vowels at the beginnings of words, but I practice what I'm reading prior and still stutter but have learned to just keep going. The world still spins, I realized people are fine with imperfections, and if anything they see that we're human and I personally feel that the world needs more moments of.