I fully recovered from stuttering at the age of 70 through psychotherapy. My lifelong stuttering was emotionally caused by my abusive childhood. Nevertheless, I spent my life avoiding the looks in others’ eyes so I now have had to train myself to look into the listener’s eyes when I speak through my speech is now effortless and natural. I just hated that look of pity or surprise or horror when I stuttered because I had a mild stutter and I could speak without stuttering at times. It was hard to look into people’s eyes though and I have to work on it.