Hi! Here's my personal anecdote for what it's worth. I had a significant stutter growing up. In 2nd grade I recall having a hard time saying my name sometimes. I grew out of it a bit by 7th grade as I got more friends and felt more comfortable. When I was graduating high school I discovered that some people that I had been friends with for a few years never realized I had a speech impediment. College was very stressful and my speech regressed. It got better in my 20s, but was still annoyingly present. I eventually got an IT desk job about 10 years ago and that helped a lot. I had been previously been going to customers houses to fix their computers, which was pretty high stress / anxiety. In the last seven years or so I've got my life together a little more and my speech has never been better. I stopped renting and bought a house, married my long time girlfriend, was able to save a little money, and got a job that challenges me and has remained interesting for several years now. I'm no expert, but I think I can draw a pretty direct correlation between the stress in my life and the quality of my speech. I'm a pretty anxious guy, so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. Growing up and self-identifying more as an adult helped as well I think. I don't want to breed false hope in anyone, I just wanted to talk about my experience. Again, this is just my personal experience, but I am convinced that for all intents and purposes, you can grow out of a stutter and that external factors can play a large part. I still stutter, but not often. It's so minor I rarely notice it (which may indicate that stutter more often that I realize). Occasionally I do have a hard time spitting out a word or two but it's the exception and not the rule. When I realize I'm stuttering I can focus and power through it, for lack of better explanation. I just wanted to say that there is hope, although everyone's experience if different. I wish you the best and sincerely hope that it does get better. Hope this helps!