Hi, I'm 58. I've stuttered since I was 3. You've gotten a lot of great advice here. Your speech-language pathologist should be really helpful, although please know that some are shifting towards viewing stuttering from the neurodiversity point of view. In other words, many are encouraging people to accept their stuttering and view it in a more positive light instead of trying to change it. As someone who used to stutter severely and who learned a different way of speaking, I'm not sure how I feel about that. I eagerly learned a different way of speaking, and I feel like it is up to me whether to try to use those fluency-enhancing strategies or not. It's not that I was taught that all that stuttering was bad and fluency was good; instead, I was taught that stuttering was something that I was doing and that I could use my speech mechanisms differently to varying degrees depending on the situation and depending on how robust my musculature felt that day. I encourage you to reach out to support groups. There are plenty for people who stutter, and for young people who stutter. They can teach you how to handle the situations you are experiencing. FRENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter is a good one, as is SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young. Best wishes to you. Keep us posted on how things are going.