I was there.... I hated my stutter, asked myself a lot of times 'why do I stutter?' But I learn that it is what it is. Can't do much about it. I took me about 40 years and much speech therapy to accept it. Now I accept it, deal with it. And yeah, it is F! frustrating sometimes! But it's me! It made me who I am today. And it bother not that much anymore what other people think. People who love me love me for who I am, even when I have a bad day and stutter a lot. What I experienced is that when I explain people about my stutter there is more understanding. And I do that more and more. Of make a joke about it.