For me personally: What makes it worse: talking to family (don’t know why), talking to crowds ex. class presentation (nervous/anxious etc, heart rate def increases), calling on the phone (nervous maybe?) What makes it better: talking to ppl I know, not being nervous when talking in general How I’ve coped: haven’t coped, just going to school regularly and being a “quiet kid”, avoid presenting in group projects etc Didn’t notice when I stuttered as a kid, started noticing only around 8th grade and became more self conscious of it, but knew I stuttered before then not sure to what extent but remember being pulled out of elementary school classes for speech therapy. Since 8th grade to now(college) just been the quiet kid, also somehow managed to hide it from almost everyone not even my friends know just my family and maybe a few others if I accidentally stuttered in front of them. Generally very rare, some specific words I remember sometimes stuttering on are “negative” (dislike being called on in math classes especially) and “Hamilton” (was at a National high school history competition basically jeopardy style, buzzed and realized I couldn’t say it so just said something random and gave up the 10 pts) Also in general, I feel like I’ve improved throughout the years but didn’t really do anything, heard a big portion is mental because I will literally stutter on a word one time and not stutter on it even 1 minute later. Thought it might have to do with confidence as well, and have heard that some people can talk to themselves in the mirror and seeing themselves talk fluently helps them a lot. Also, now that I can afford nicer clothes and go to the gym and stuff that might help it as well if any portion of it is in fact confidence based. In my high school of about 2000 people I knew 3 others who stuttered (4 total including me), but maybe there were more who are like me and can hide it well. Rambling but those are my thoughts and experiences.