Stuttering is a disability and it manifests itself in so many ways. I had this problem and many of us who stutter have the problem of being marginal, withdrawn and not being able to express ourselves. The thoughts are there but our stuttering makes us into passive creatures. Personally I was helped a great deal by the Edinburgh Masker and the DAF (delayed auditory feedback) stuttering prosthetics. Others are helped by different methods. I hope we are all able to become the joyous and talkative people God meant us to be.