There are times when it is a good deal better, but this happens really infrequently. Around 80% of the time it is as bad as I described. I understand the approach yourself and ETKDoom take and I do this myself to an extent, but it is something I want to overcome; for a lot of people it is the shame/embarrassment etc. of the stammer which causes most of their problems. Shame and embarrassment I can largely deal with; my main problem is that my stammer can be so bad that I literally cannot say the words I want to say, no matter how much I stop, take a breath and so on.