One of the few posts on this sub that isn't purely emotional/motivational and actually makes sense ( with respect to other posts) I thank you for this post. I have a question, how can I feel confident, when in reality, I can't even rely on myself to do the smallest things. How can I feel intelligent when I can rarely articulate my thoughts and get my point across. How can I feel like a capable and strong person, when my stutter is making me feel like a disabled and incapable person. Should I just act? Like, try to find a way to cope with it even though it hurts me, and keep going? Or am I doing something wrong if I feel weak, disabled, etc. Isn't it normal to feel that way? Is it not the reality? I always think about this whenever I struggle to do the simplest of things, I think if doing something so simple is so hard for me, how can I do things that other people consider hard? Whenever I try to act confident and accepting of my stutter, I am reminded that even if I try to have a positive outlook on it, the reality doesn't change, that I do have this problem and nothing is gonna help with that. How can I be ok with that when I'm actually not ok. Either way, sorry if this comment sounds so pessimistic lol. This is just an honest question. I'm not trying to say what you say is wrong at all, I'm just trying to understand it so I might be able to do it myself. Thanks again.