It’s only been this year that I have started to truly accept and see the power of my stutter properly. My younger sister (14F) also has a stutter and is going through her period of ‘im ashamed to speak, I don’t want to speak, I don’t deserve to speak’ and it truly is heartbreaking because I know EXACTLY what it feels like. So to better help her I’ve been putting myself out there more and showing her it is completely ok to talk the way we do. There is nothing wrong with us and we only need to fill our lives with the people who give us time. I think it’s starting to help her become more confident and it’s helped my fluency a lot too, just trying to be more confident for her sake. I’m finishing up my first year of an occupational therapy degree and even in this line of work, I am going to be someone who stands up for people and speak for those who can’t, and that starts with speaking up for myself and bringing awareness to the world. So if there’s one piece of advice I could give is to trust the process and remember it’s really ok to stutter ❤️