>\> (Excessively long blocks). I had the same problem \- it's really debilitating. Blocks are the worst kind of stuttering, and long blocks are my own personal hell. Have you tried intensive speech therapy? I mean like a 3 week program where all you do is learn how to speak and you train your tongue for like 7 or 8 hours a day? That's basically what it took for me to get control of mine. I wish I had more optimistic advice for you \- maybe something like "people will look beyond the stutter and see your expertise" but... as someone who's struggled seriously with long, painful blocking it's really something that needs to be defeated or controlled otherwise it'll cripple you. If you're in the northeast US I could give you some programs.