This whole discussion reminds me of a conversation I’ve had with my boyfriend a hundred of times. I stutter, he doesn’t. Every time I complain about stuttering and say something like "why me," "you don’t understand how hard this is for me," or "I don’t know how to keep living like this," he responds with, "Come on, some people have serious illnesses and disabilities, and some are even mute, imagine being them." Now, I know this is my frustration talking and I don’t actually want this, but sometimes, honestly, I feel like I’d rather be mute than stutter. And yes, I know, that’s a terrible thing to say, but realistically, if for every bad thing we feel down about, we said, "someone has it worse," that would solve all problems for everyone, because there’s always someone who has it worse. That doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to feel bad about my problems. Anyway, OP, I sympathize with you, and I know exactly what you meant. People who don’t stutter (I’m not talking about people with other disabilities, that’s a separate issue) just take their ability to speak for granted, and that’s incredibly frustrating. I think if they could experience, even for one day, what I have to struggle with every day, hear my thoughts before every interaction, feel the literal exhaustion I feel after speaking, they would realize just how lucky they are and would probably never again be scared of a fucking phone call or something.