1) Talking on the phone. My stutter is almost always at its worse when I have to talk on the phone, and it just creates so much mental anguish and suffering. Emailing or texting isn’t always an option. 2) Being looked at weirdly or differently 3) Being misunderstood / dealing with people’s pity and sorrow for my situation, although stuttering isn’t a life sentence and I’m still able to live a very fulfilling life in spite of it all (contrary to what I’m saying here lol) 4) No social life/loneliness/isolation 5) Constantly wondering why I’m this way and why I can’t just be “normal.” Wondering what I did to God to deserve to speak this way 6) The physical discomfort when I get a block or get stuck in a word 7) I was one of the only people in a school of 900+ students who stuttered and I constantly worried that that would be my entire identity and purpose, being “the girl who has a stutter” So mostly the mental side of it, but also physical to a lesser extent. I’ve made improvements but still suffer a lot of days. Fuck stuttering.