I'm actively improving and challenging myself. Something 90% of you guys fail to do.

I'm actively improving and challenging myself. Something 90% of you guys fail to do. So I've figured out that my stutter is mostly mental conditioning and constantly reminding myself that I'm going to stutter on this word, that syllable, this sound, etc. That and constant avoidance behavior on activities I hate to do because of it. It's bad for me and I wanted to mitigate it as much as I can. So you know what I've been doing? Instead of avoiding to order over the phone, pretending I'm fucking deaf and using sign language/gestures (really guys? I actually saw this as a suggestion on here), using online ordering/ self checkout machines, starting up a conversation with stranger, avoiding saying people's names (my biggest weakness)..... I've done the exact opposite. I'm constantly putting myself into these situations, instead of avoiding them. And you know what? It's been working. I took a part time job as a barista at starbucks on my college campus. And I do what I dread doing all the freaking time now. Calling people by their name. For some fucking reason I always stutter on like 80% of names even if they start with letters I won't usually stutter on. I've been embarrassing myself for the past 2 weeks now, I have huge blocks sometimes, but I still do it. I even got laughed at one time by a customer and I felt like shit afterwards. But you know what? It's god damn worth it. I'm less embarrassed now everytime it happens now and I'm stuttering less and less now. I was even put on register for a whole 6 hour shift on Friday. I stuttered maybe 3x and I had to talk to at least 100 people or so. Mostly attractive white girls which get me nervous and that causes me to stutter too. I've even scheduled a vet appointment for my sick dog 1 week ago. Something I usually only do online. I've had on the phone interviews for jobs. I've ordered Chinese food on the phone since for most places you can't do it online. And I've gotten over my fear of talking on the phone. Sure I may trip myself up every now and then but I drive on and keep doing it. All of this has made more confident and I've been stuttering less and less. Couple that with a balanced diet, good sleep, and exercise. I still have my bad days but I remind myself it isn't going to last forever. tl;dr Challenge yourself. For a lot of us stuttering becomes an avoidance behavior. Knock that shit off. Go do what you hate doing. Desensitize yourself and see that it isn't that bad. Always take steps to improve yourself, day by day.