>I was told by a non-stuttering family member that “if you really wanted to fix your stutter, you would’ve.” Where we they coming from? How was it said? Was it a criticism? Or was it from a place of concern and an attempt to help? ​ > I’m sure many people think I’m an idiot or just lazy This is a common stuttering mentality. And it is wrong. We assume the worst of others when it comes to our stuttering. In my experience, I was more critical of my stutter than anyone else ever was. We give our stutter so much power. We replay events in our heads over and over again. ​ >I have gone to speech therapy many times. I *always* advocate for speech therapy. If you're not interested in hearing my two cents on speech therapy, bail now;) Did speech therapy provide any change to your fluency? How long has it been since you last tried speech therapy? A lot of us have had negative experiences with speech therapy. Maybe not negative, so much as unproductive. I had years of speech therapy in school. No results. I went to professional speech therapy in my teens. No results. I went back to speech therapy in my 20s. And I achieved fluency. If you gave speech therapy 100% in the past, and you didn't see any improvement, find a different program. I'm not suggesting that there is a magic bullet out there for stutterers. But I know that most of us can make great strides and improve our fluency. It's about finding the right program. Sometimes it's about making the effort at the right time in our life. *We may always be stutterers, but that doesn't mean we will always stutter.*