I totally agree. I go to therapy for many years by now but not because of my stutter. I struggle more from low self-esteem and self love. A result from the stutter, yes, but from other stuff, too I never visited this sub before because I was okay with the situation. Now that it gets worse again I was interested in others people's perspectives. And I'm quite shocked and sad that so many people here seem to be in a spiral of hopelessness and I get kinda scared for their well being. Just shows me what therapy can do to you. Just accepting the stutter as a part of myself was the biggest turn for me ever. Since then it got better. I think I need to get to that point again but I'm absolutely sure I am capable of that. And this different and open mind setting helps a lot. Of course you need the right therapist for it, too. This sub reddit makes me thankful for the opportunity I got because I really never want to be in some peoples mindset... Really. I don't. It sounds horrible. So thank you for your post. It needed to be said.