Thank you very much for sharing your story, it was really helpful. I found that the 80% of my stutter is that I base my self worth on it and I feel that others judge me about the Way I talk. The other 20% is that I talk fast. So after realizing that nobody gives a shit about my stutter, and live in the present moment and not inside my head guess what? My stuttering almost disappears and when i have a hard block I keep my eye contact and I inform the other person that I have a speech disfluency and I stutter. The answer I got all the time is that it's ok take your time. So yes my stutter also made me depressed but I found that is my shield that protects me from being in a uncomfortable situation and keeps my mind busy. Chose the uncomfortable, chose to stutter