I've had a stutter since the day I was born. It's worse when I'm stuck to a script I can't change; "steer" around words that I know are going to give me a problem. Back in middle school, I was the student producer for our schools morning TV show (weird flex, I know). I had been doing it since I came to the school. Then, one day, one of the anchors and cameramen called out sick. The librarian (who was the teacher in charge) made me sit in for one of the anchors after I pleaded not to. It went about as well as you could expect; I stuttered through the whole thing. But better yet, it was \*recorded\*! So not only did I get to feel the full embarrassment of not being able to speak fluently in front of the people at the show, but then I got to re-watch the horror in front of my whole class when I got to my first period. Needless to say, this has stuck with me. ​ When you get me on a topic that I am knowledgeable about (re: feel \*confident/passionate\* about), you can't get me to shut up (trust me, ask my partner). But if you write a paper about that same topic and ask me to read it aloud, it's a train wreck. ​ I promise, you're not alone.