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I've Overcome My Stutter by 90-95% I'm 23 years old, male, a successful developer at my job, studying computer engineering. First, let me talk about some situations. I used to stutter. I really stuttered. But despite this, I never disconnected from social life, I tried not to disconnect, I socialized somehow. I forced myself to do this. This kept me active: I'm a computer engineer, I don't have a very active social life. I work remotely. There were some events that affected my stutter extremely badly (or so I thought): 1- Working under stressful work pressure for long periods 2- Using drugs (weed, LSD) My stutter would really drop to almost zero during certain periods: 1- When I had a long-term relationship 2- When speaking English abroad (I'm Turkish) 3- When I socialized for extended periods 4- When I exercised regularly and lived healthily I realized that when certain combinations occurred (the common point being feeling good psychologically and physiologically), my stutter became almost invisible. From my perspective. The people around me don't judge anyway, and if they did, fuck them, that's another topic. When I regularly feel good about myself, I have less anxiety. But right now I have none of these things and I'm still speaking very fluently. I discovered a few of my self-destructive thought patterns: If I don't socialize enough I'll stutter, if I masturbate too much I'll stutter, if I do drugs I'll stutter, blah blah. I told myself this: No, nothing will negatively affect my stutter. The only thing that negatively affects my stutter is constantly thinking that things will make it worse. Really, no situation makes it worse. You must have had times in your life, even if brief, when you spoke fluently. Yes, fluent speech exists within us. Stuttering is exactly the fear of not being able to speak fluently. There's no such thing as defeating stuttering. Stuttering can happen. It's normal. The REAL important thing is: defeating the fear of stuttering. You might stutter. You've been stuttering for years. Your brain is used to it. This is you now, you are a stutterer, accept this. And do yourself a favor. Don't be afraid of being yourself. Don't be afraid of stuttering.