Definitely. Since very young I have dreamt about giving public inspirational speeches (e.g. as a politician), and that influenced my academic and career choices by studying politics and international relations. I have always wanted to be a brilliant, well spoken communicator and enchant people with my speech. Instead my stammer made me become very soft-spoken and shy in social contexts and most spheres of my life. My stammer always made me feel like my voice was not worth being heard, fluent or not. That definitely gave me serious self-confidence issues that to these days impact my career and relationships. However, I am working on it. Most importantly I want to see the other side of the coin too. My stammer made me a great listener. It made me incredibly empathetic and emotionally intelligent. It made me kind, creative and compassionate in a way that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Do I still wish I didn’t stutter? Hell yes, 100%. However I decided not to focus only on what my damned stammer took away, but also on what it gave me. It’s so hard, ngl. But I think it’s important for everyone who lives with a stammer to be able to look at the situation from a place of love (which is different from accepting it and doing nothing about it), especially if people around you haven’t done so.