I don't have a stutter, but I grew up with rhotacism (couldn't pronounce R), and I vibe with a lot of the same experiences people on this subreddit have had. Most of my emotionally traumatic experiences were in middle school. One that was especially painful was me doing a presentation in music class for the first time. I had never spoken up before that in class so the teacher had no idea how I spoke. As I was presenting, the teacher interrupted me and told me to "speak NORMALLY!" The first time she said that I was very confused—I was speaking normally, this is how I "normally" speak. So I continued on and only a few seconds passed before she interrupted me again. "Why are you speaking like that? Stop trying to be funny and speak normally." She really thought I was putting on a baby voice on purpose. Frustrated, I yelled back "I AM!" and tried to rush through the rest of the presentation. My heart was broken hearing her say that and I wanted nothing else but to go back to my seat and not have to open my mouth again. Later, I got my mark: a C+. And on my rubric in big underlined letters the teacher wrote again: "SPEAK PROPERLY!" Needless to say, I couldn't wait to go back home that day to cry.