Now I’m pretty young, about going to turn 18 this year. But throughout my short life, I’ve learnt an important lesson. I met a girl about 1-2 years ago. She was one of the nicest people I’ve met and the first thing I told her was my stutter, I was scared that she wouldn’t like me or thought of me as a freak but she didn’t care that I had a stutter, she accepted me for who I was. I don’t let stuttering define me, I try to stop letting it control my life. Stuttering doesn’t define me, it’s just another obstacle that I have to get through every single day. I think you should tell her even though if she doesn’t reply. You have to clear the air and give each other closure. If you really like the girl and I mean really like her, then trust her. You can’t control your life and what happens in it, you can’t let your stutter lead your life. Let you lead and take control of your own life instead of your stutter controlling you. You like the girl, I get that you’re scared but if you just let fear and stutter control the rest of your life, you’re only gonna go downhill. These stuff, it’s a leap of faith and I’m not just talking about the girl, I’m talking about life. You’re too consumed with your stutter and the problems that it causes and because of that you’re holding yourself back, you just need to take a leap into faith. And the first step doing that is to be completely open with that girl. I met a stutterer who’s a lawyer. Throughout his life, people has told him he’s not going to be successful, he going to be insignificant. But he didn’t let his stutter define himself, his stutter, all of the things that people said to him was his motivation. Now he’s done great things throughout his life. He told me that I would do great things and I believe you would do great things too. But doing nothing, sitting around and moping won’t make you do great things in life, you won’t achieve anything. No matter how many people try to help you and how hard, that’s just words, at the end of the day it’s up to you. Now go talk to that girl, face all your fears, anxieties and insecurities. The next step after that is up to you. You make yourself, nothing else defines you, it’s you who defines you.