Absolutely. I removed the factors that were holding me back, minimized my interactions with people, and avoided places where I felt unsafe, insecure, or depressed. Gradually, I started to build my confidence. The cause of my stuttering was my parents: they constantly suppressed me, scolded me, shamed me, and made me feel guilty. This was their way of raising me and controlling me. It happened every day, from the moment I was born, all day long. Naturally, I felt shame and guilt over everything. Only after I worked through this and realized I had no reason to feel guilty or ashamed did I gradually start to come out of a constant low mood and sense of oppression. It was a multifaceted process — I wouldn’t even call it developing confidence so much as normalizing my emotional state. I simply became an ordinary person, not a superhero, just someone with a normal sense of self-worth.