>even though it’s physically uncomfortable and exhausting, would you tell them they had to? It's not that you "have to" it's that you should. My son has a physical disability. He can walk short distances with the use of orthotics and crutches. Many of his peers with his condition are wheelchair bound. The condition varies in severity from person to person. Similar to how stuttering varies in severity. My son puts in the work to stay out of the wheelchair. He uses the wheelchair as appropriate. When the distances are so great that there's no way that he can manage on his feet. Speaking takes a lot of effort for stutterers. But I honestly believe that it's a mistake to withdraw from speech because of your stutter. Fluency is achievable for many of us. I always recommend that people seek out new speech therapy if speech therapy hasn't worked for them in the past. Sometimes it's about finding the right program. For me it was about finding the right time in my life where I was willing to do the work. When I was committed to getting fluent. The same speech therapy that failed to help me get fluent in my teens, was amazingly effective when I went back to it in my mid-20s. Is it that you don't want to talk? Or is it that you don't want to talk with a stutter?