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Agree with others here re therapy (not for speech but maybe to talk about that asshole ex…good riddance to him!). My stutter plays up when I’m tired, excited or anxious…so 95% of the time LOL. I’ve tried anti anxiety medication and it didn’t really help. I’ve found mindfulness techniques like calm breathing exercises helped me a lot. Also, quitting caffeine was a game changer for me. Talk therapy helped tremendously in building my self esteem and confidence. Getting older and caring way less was also a game changer. I often joke to my husband and to myself…y know what, it makes sense I have a stutter. I’m literally perfect in every other way, it would be unfair to the rest of the global population if my speech was perfect too”. Sounds weird but saying that to myself sometimes when I’m having a bad stutter day makes me silently giggle and not let it get me down.