I think the relevant point is that “stuttering” is a highly imperfect description, bc it is such a wide variety of things : repetitions blocks secondary traits fear/avoidance Each of those can be a vastly different experience based on frequency/intensity. I think this explains why some people find it easy to be proud of their stutter - while other struggle to interact with people. Last winter in Massachusetts, I went without any heat/hot water for 3 days - because I was so scared to call my landlord - despite not being consciously “worried” about what he thought of me. I used to think I could trick myself into fluency by just pretending I don’t stutter - but that makes it worse. But I tend to be fluent when speaking forcefully/angrily about intense topics or when out of breath.