Oh this is awesome!! I think I'll sacrifice the psych test tomorrow for this 1. It used to a lot, and I'll admit it still can at some times, but most times it doesn't. 2. I used to do therapy from I think kindergarten to 9th grade but not since then. It did help me though 3. In elementary/middle school they did sometimes but it was usually out of curiosity/ignorance rather than maliciousness but not anymore. 4. I talk slowly sometimes if I'm going through a rough patch, but I've found that a big cause of my stutter is anxiety that I will stutter and that people are going to notice and think low of me because of it, so many times I will disclose beforehand that I stutter and alleviates a lot of the anxiety and therefore somewhat reduces the severity of my stutter 5. Not really I was like 3 maybe but I do remember in elementary school my speech therapist made me give a presentation about my stutter to my class every year and I was so mad but looking back it was a great experience and something I *highly* recommend. It gave me a lot of confidence and peace of mind that hey the cat's out of the bag now there's no reason to try to hide it (my stutter). 6. I'm 17 so I haven't really had a long life lol but I can say that it does fluctuate a lot - some weeks it's amazing and I talk fluently and other weeks I have a very tough time getting even two words out without stuttering. However, I think the frequency of those fluctuations has decreased over time 7. Yeah! I love to read and run and play the piano 8. LOL I'm not sure I think it might reduce my stutter actually but maybe that's just because I talk less idk 9. Nope. Actually I have a cousin-in-law who stutters (idk if that's even a term) but I don't know him too too well. I know a couple of other people at my school who stutter but we aren't that close. Your question: * When I was 10 and throughout middle school and even early high school I was constantly worried about what other people would think about my stutter. Then I realized (and I said this before) **that if someone cares about my stutter, theyre an a-hole and their opinion shouldn't matter anyway**. The people who's opinions matter and the people who I care about will not care about my stutter. That was quite life-changing. * It's who you are. Accept it. Yes some days will be hard. So, so hard. But it's a part of you: **the sooner you make peace with the fact that you are a stutterer, the sooner your stutter will stop controlling you** * Don't ever let your stutter hold you back or stop you from doing something you want to do. Joe Biden has a stutter. Elon Musk (regardless of what your opinions of him are, it's undeniable he is very successful) has a stutter. Darth Vader and Mary Poppins have stutters. **You can do anything you want with or without your stutter. People will tell you that you can't. Those people are wrong.** * **No matter** **how tough things seem, they will get better. Never stop fighting and never give up because the moment you give up your stutter wins and don't let it win.** Put yourself in uncomfortable situations. Never don't do something because you fear that you'll stutter. (Easier said than done, but try your best).