Maybe we need more people who stutter to go into the field of speech language pathology. I haven't been to speech therapy, I'm saving up some money to afford it so I can at least try and see if a SLP can help me work through blocks. I'm almost 24, and I feel like my stutter is getting worse the more I have become conscious of it over the last few years. There was a point when I was 20 that I thought I was "cured", I was an intern that had to make a lot of phone calls for a political campaign and in a few weeks, I went from stuttering through every call, to barely stuttering at all. But gradually over the years, it's came back and it's continually gotten worse. In my head I keep thinking about all the missed opportunities, all the things I would say, the career path I would go down if I could just speak as easily as everyone else. This is honestly one of the most depressing disabilities because the emotional aspects of it can be hidden and buried inside. I just wish I could speak easily. I'm so envious of everyone that can just talk and enjoy it. I almost wish stuttering was more common so that people could understand it and accept it more. But even then, the tension in my throat, the knowing that I'm about to butcher a sentence when speaking to a stranger... Over time it becomes a very real, very serious, internal struggle to find ways to keep fighting the gnawing feeling that if only I could speak normally like everyone else, then I'd be so much happier and connected... Stuttering is probably one of the loneliest disabilities a human being can be afflicted with. I recently finished my last class for my bachelor's degree, and I'm considering going back to school to get a master's degree in SLP. But I don't know if people would feel comfortable with their SLP being a stutterer. I don't know if I would feel comfortable treating people if I can't cure myself... I'm glad this sub exists, it helps to communicate with other people who stutter.