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Life with a Stutter I am a 22 year old Male who has stuttered ever since I could talk. It was awful growing up but I got to a point where I could handle it and I didn’t care what people thought. Then a teacher in High School one day told me “You won’t ever get anywhere with how you talk” because she wanted me to go to speech therapy. Ever since then I have been self conscious about my stutter even though I am proud of who I am. The anxiety riddled situations( presentations, talking out loud, talking on the phone) make my blocks and fillers become more prevalent and I really sometimes doubt that I will be able to get a job because an employer will judge me for it( I want to be an Urban Planner) even though I have an internship currently in the same field. I also have never have had a girlfriend and am afraid that no one will want to date me because of it, which I know isn’t true I just overthink things. For everyone here how do you all best handle the anxiety associated with stuttering?