1. What has your general experience with having a stutter been like? It was really difficult. I always felt people weren't listening to me. It was socially isolating. Likely stunting my social growth / development. It led to some serious anger and behavioral issues in my teens. ​ 2. Has your stutter changed at all throughout your life? Yes. It got progressively worse in my youth. I found that the cheats I used to avoid stuttering became a part of my stutter. e.g. Using the word "the" or the sound "um" to avoid a block. Eventually those stopped helping bridge past the disfluency and I'd repeat "the um" over and over during a block. I went back to speech therapy in my mid 20s and was able to achieve lasting fluency. How did your family/friends respond to your stutter? Were they helpful and patient, were they frustrated, did they just not talk about it, etc? My friends would often joke about my stutter. My immediate family was always patient. How has your view of yourself been affected by your stutter? Lack of confidence. Lots of self recrimination. Do you view your stutter as part of your identity? Why or why not? I'll always be a stutterer. But I'm fluent. It's not who I am. What is one thing you wish more people knew about stuttering? That it's really hard to put yourself out there when you have a challenge like stuttering. That the communication people take for granted is something stutterers dream of.