Was answering some interview questions about my stuttering, and realized I’ve come a long way!!

Was answering some interview questions about my stuttering, and realized I’ve come a long way!! I was asked to give my life story with stuttering in an interview tonight, and got some good self reflection in. As someone that stutters, I guess deep down I feel if I’m not speaking perfect, I’m not “normal” I was talking about my rough patches in the past. I would never raise my hand in class, used to order something I didn’t want because it was easier to say, or have my dad order for me. I used to avoid board games, and phone calls. I would never go through the drive thru, and if I did I would skip the menu mic and go straight to the window and right my order down on a sheet of paper. I realized now my average day is, order Starbucks through the drive thru, talk to my dad on the phone about fantasy football, lead my audio team in what needs to get accomplished for the day. What’s crazy is that I do a lot of big shows and have to work with some pretty famous bands, celebrities and corporations. I have to communicate with all of them in person and over clear com (walkie talkie like) and communicate for hours during a show. I get mad at myself for squinting my right eye when trying to push through words but man, I just realized I’ve come such a long way. It’s like looking at myself like a weight loss progress pic. You don’t feel like you’re improving at all, but once you look at pictures it’s like wow I’ve lost a lot of weight. Yeah I still stutter and block and all that, but I’m doing things that I never thought I’d be doing, and on the daily. This sub tends to get pretty negative, and I don’t blame you, I’ve been depressed and angry because of it my whole life, but let’s all take a step back and look at some of the things we were doing that we never used to do!!