I think you misunderstood what OP and I wrote. Maybe I worded it wrong, so let me try again. I mean fluency is great, but seeking fluency personally made stuttering even more painful and affected my mental health during the past few years. Whenever I woke up in the morning and tried to be fluent in team meetings and stuttered hard, completely ruined my day or even some days in a row, and more sadness became more stuttering, it was cumuliative. In the past few months Ive been seeing a psychiatrist which has helped me significantly regarding my stutter. He has been trying to make me understand that stutter isnt that bad after all and stuttering in a meeting shouldnt make me sad. He asked me not to visit a therapist nor focus on my words to say them more fluent, because he believes this can be mentally problematic for my case. In conclusion, I dont get sad when I stutter more or less these days and my quality of life has been improving significantly. And guess what, I dont pay too much attention anymore but I stutter much less than before, and tbh I dont care at this moment. I get to talk more in meetings freely without controling my stutter and people get to know me better (me with stutter, not a fake me who doesnt stutter) Ive made some friendships during the past 8 months and the importance of not stuttering has diminished for me. I used to stutter alot in meetings and very few stutters when I was alone, but the gap has been shrinking.