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Positive story / encouragement Hi all. I’m 33(m), have stuttered all my life. When I was younger I used to avoid speaking at all costs however over the past year or so I’ve properly began to accept it and it’s helped massively. The reason for this is with my job I will be required to attend court on occasion to present evidence and about 6 months ago I started the training for this. I had been kicking the can down the road mentally and I was in denial about having to do it but the time has arrived. I was sent into an absolute panic at the realisation I would have to do weeks and weeks of presenting in a mock court setting. In the end, I got through it, and I’m about to take my final exam. I and some really good feedback in the training; I think a lot of the time it seems much worse in our head than it does to people listening. Yes, I stuttered at times, but I’ve found it quite liberating to just go with it and accept myself for who I am. I see lots of posts on here from young people worrying about the future and job interviews etc. I know it’s easier said than done but my advice is to be open and honest about your stutter and just go for it.