A good read on how I conquered my stutter. (For the most part)

A good read on how I conquered my stutter. (For the most part) ‼️Before I begin, I just would like to say please read the whole thing before you comment. There may be a time where you don’t agree with the advice, but it will all make sense in the end.‼️ I’m in my twenties, and have been stuttering since a young age. It’s never been a repetitive stutter like “d-d-donut,” but more like “*oh fuck I can’t spit it out… umm… DONUT” I had a speech block. There were times I thought I was just doomed for eternity, thought I could do nothing to fix it. I read out loud, tried every breathing excerise in the book, and watched countless YouTube videos of the same cookie cutter advice that helps no one. What I realized with my speech block, it was situational. When I was around my best friends, I’m outgoing, I force my blocks out with no one noticing, I’m loud, I’m funny, and I never shut up. But if I was with a boss, a principal, a family member I haven’t seen in 10+ years? … oh boy. Getting me to engage in conversations in a non awkward way was like begging a brick wall to move. I got mad. I got really damn mad. Why was it that when I was with my friends, or people I’m very close with, no one knew I stuttered? Why did I go all of high school without a single person knowing I have a stutter? (I won class clown twice) But whenever I was in a nerve racking situation, or in a situation with a bunch of authority figures expecting a convo out of me, I turned into a known stutterer? From there on out, I took a complete deep dive. It was clearly a psychological thing. One weekend, I got a little tipsy and went to a concert. There were salesmen tents selling all sorts of things, chainsaws, golf carts, u name it. I walk up to a random tent and I’m like “hey I’m bored can I see if I can sell a golf cart for yall” I proceeded to talk to over 50 people in 1 hour. If I had to engage in that many convos with RANDOM PEOPLE I WAS UNFAMILAR WITH SOBER… I would’ve been looked at as a dude with a stutter by all 50 of them. This isn’t drinking advice. I’m not saying to go get drunk and then boom never stutter again. This is LETTING LOOSE advice. LETTING GOOOOOO of the thought you have a stutter. NOT LETTING IT CORRUPT UR DAMN BRAIN. Have u ever heard the saying “confidence is key” … IT REALLY IS! And I never realized the authority of that statement until now. Since that night I was a little hammered and acted as a salesman at a concert, my life completely changed. I went home and was like “holy hell… I felt so normal this weekend” I went up to work the next day, constantly reminding myself of the weekend and how loose I was, how careless I was, and how confident I was . And I applied that to every day life. I applied it every day. And slowly but surely, I didn’t really stutter anymore. I still do occasionally, but it is nothing like the past. I can confidently engage in conversations with people I’m not familiar with, and that’s a huge win. Thought this would help somebody maybe. Yall have a good day