My experience with stuttering and tips to help you

My experience with stuttering and tips to help you I began stuttering at 14 and it was a terrible experience. I wouldn't consider my stuttering severe but it was definitely above moderate, in between moderate and severe. As I got older, the more it slowly improved. Now I rarely stutter. I also have 3 family members who stutter and one friend as well. Here's what I've leaned and what helped me. Confidence and self esteem plays a huge roll in stuttering. How do I know this? Well we all know stuttering destroys all the confidence and self esteem we have. I had acne as teen so I was battling two obstacles. Fast forward to 17, the day I woke up with clear beautiful skin, I noticed I didn't stutter that day because I had all this wonderful confidence and self esteem from girls hitting on me. What a huge boost it was, especially when girls just stopped and stared at me and when a girl told her friend to look at me, then we had a short conversation and I did not once stutter. From there on I rarely stuttered. Work on improving your confidence ladies and gentlemen, it definitely helps a lot. Imo it's the most important thing. I feel like maybe everyone who stutters has the ability to cure it or at least somewhat cure it themselves, by solving a personal issue you have, deep within yourself, that is not related to stuttering. For me, it was acne. Think about what's yours and solve it and see if it helps. Also, what helped me was just simply taking my time speaking. I know we people who stutter have this weird urge to speak fast but practice on slowing down your words and sentences. I was guilty of this but only when speaking to family members. Based on my experience, with 4 family members and one friend who stutters. It appears to me that some people who stutter, it will eventually get better with time, where you won't be afraid to have conversations with anyone because you will rarely stutter, even if you don't work on improving your stuttering. I say this because this is the case for 2 out of the 4 people I know who stutters, who I know didn't try to improve their stutter, it just simply got better as they got older. The other 2 are older with very little to no improvements. So don't lose hope, please. I know stuttering may seem like a curse but it's not. When bad things happen in your life, sometimes good things come out of it, although it will take you awhile to realize what that good thing is. It can be a blessing, believe me. The good thing about stuttering for me is that it made me more humble and compassionate towards others. Because I experience what it's like to stutter, I look at the world differently now and I'm quick to help people in need, which makes me a better person and makes me feel even better about myself. When bad things happen in my life, I always tell myself things could be much much worse, which is so true. My limbs are still attached to my body and I'm grateful for that. Head your head up high, stick your chest out, and smile from ear to ear despite the stuttering! :) Edit: I forgot to mention another tip, a tip none of you probably never thought about. What also helped me was making sure I moved my lips/mouth more with every word that came out my mouth. Practice it and practice on talking more slowly.