The earliest I remember stuttering was 7th grade, which is more than a decade ago. I was reading a passage from a book kind of quickly then started to stutter and a classmate gently told me to slow down so stuttering doesn’t appear. As time went, i can only remember it getting worse in high school and college. Stuttering in front of parents, friends, and colleagues for simple things. I don’t know - literally -how many thousands of times i wanted to say something, but I would either avoid saying it, or it just wouldn’t come out the way i wanted to say it, so i’d use substitute words. I am starting to believe stuttering is a psychological issue, because when i’m home alone by myself it doesn’t really appear. I can talk out loud to myself and there’s no stutter in the words i want to say, but if i have the slightest agitation or nervousness, doesn’t matter who I’m talking to, it just appears and I avoid certain words, because ya know certain letters are “harder” to pronounce than others. So why can i speak clearly in solitude but not in public, even with family? I think the tongue has a very small place in the blame. I would think: was there any turning point event in my life that affected me (perhaps it caused the stuttering). I don’t have any recollection of any. While I don’t think stuttering has a cure, it’s always important to realize to not give up. I believe speech practice can help, though i’ve never implemented it. But, just in theory, with practice, one will excel in almost any skill. All it takes is practice and dedication.