I too have a transient stutter that has manifested at different times in different intensities throughout my life. From early childhood until I was 17 my stutter was very severe, after joining the Army my stutter became so bad that I couldn't say more than two or three words without a block or an issue. I'm talking full-blown I can't breathe, and I'm choking because my vocal cords will not cooperate or open so I can take a breath. In addition, I suffered from syllable and sound repetition I should After the Army, I still struggled with fluency all the way through University. After working as a respiratory therapist in a covid unit, I just kinda stopped stuttering except for the occasional episode. I believe that part of it is because I'm finally being treated multiplesclerosis, the other part is that I just stopped giving a (expletive) what other people think about my speech while conducting myself as a functioning member of society. I've seen so much life and death that I can't even remember faces any more. Last night, I was fishing around with a catheter in some dudes lung. I saved lives, and it just feels like any other Friday. I saw more death and suffering during covid alone, than I did during both my military, and my post covid carriers including the time I was an EMT. While living a fulfilling life feels impossible with a stutter, It's not. It just means that we are playing on hard mode. There will be (expletives) out there who will crap on us for the way we speak, but there are good people too. I think the key is to grow a thick skin while still being willing to let other people in. I mean, my dysfunctional stuttering butt is a decorated Combat Medic / Paratrooper, Im a Respiratory Therapist who also teaches at my local university. I legitimately cannot remember how many times that I have saved a life. A great thing about working healthcare, is your around a lot of empathetic people who are willing to understand a stutter if they don't already. Not to sound evil, but thing about patient is that they are in a vulnerable state and in no position to bully you for your speech. They need you. I found fulfillment and helping others. I found joy in giving people a littleral new breath of life.