>he kept pushing me to be fluent which honestly was terrible. I'm so sorry. I've known people like that and it's definitely no fun. >once you yourself remove the barrier of ‘stutter’ between you and that person Sorry, if I'm kind of being slow but what do you mean by this? >When you remove the need for validation and approval, get the courage to be disliked (because it really might not be the stutter that causes someone to dislike you), and accept that stutter does not define who you are, then you’ll be able to do everything you wanted. If you don't mind me asking, how should I go about doing this though I feel like this is something I've always struggled with and don't know how to change it. >I hope this helps! xoxo Thanks, it does. Really appreciate it xoxo