Hi there, I'm also a long time lurker here. I'm 40 years old and I've always stuttered and when I was a kid I could hardly talk. I still stutter with some blocks here and there but in my years I learned that what I was saying was more important than how I was saying it and this was a liberation for me. I used to blame my stuttering for my bad luck with girls as a teenager and it was only in my university years that I realized that despite my stuttering I could be quite eloquent, perhaps because women have a deeper understanding of what one is saying. I have a good life despite my stuttering though I still wish it would go away. That said, talking on the phone is still my greatest problem. I rather do anything else than talk on the phone with a stranger and I still remember the shame I had when I was trying to get a job and would stutter my way through the interview, feeling like an idiot. I don't live with my parents but when I needed to talk on the phone with my bank or to order anything I would sometimes get so stressful that I just wouldn't do it or would ask my girlfriend to do it, which as a man would hurt my self esteem. I'm an adult male and I still can't talk on the phone without getting so stressed that sometimes I would have blocks that are were so long that people would hang up thinking that there was nobody on the other side of the line or as if the phone call had a problem. This still happens to me, I just try to power through it now. What I'm saying is that you're not alone, I completely understand you. When I'm talking face to face with someone I don't have these issues, I still stutter but it is not the same thing. On the phone is a whole different thing. Its just a nightmare.