. I agree with the first half. I am glad you have had positive experiences, but to be real, not everyone understands. I have been explicitly discriminated against by my employer, rejected by women, laughed and mocked at by a judge. Directly because of my stutter. And I can go on. And that's what makes acceptance so hard. You tell yourself that, "you're catastrophizing, and people do understand". But then you have situations like above. You can be discriminated against because you stutter. People will not want to date you because you stutter. Authority figures will laugh at you. That's reality. And that's why dealing with this can be a real mind fuck at times. It took me a very long time to reach true acceptance.