I'm a 26 year old woman and have stuttered for my whole life so far. It ranges from mild to severe, but is mostly moderate in my daily interactions. I don't know what causes it to be worse than usual, because sometimes when I am nervous I become completely fluent. It's really confusing. While a positive mindset has helped me tremendously, I completely understand why that does not help people whose baseline is more on the severe side. I think that people who believe that haven't met others who really, really struggle to get words and sentences out. Or people who have secondary characteristics like head jerking while they're stuck. We're all in this together, and I'm here to listen if you ever need an ear. Even if positivity isn't best for everyone, support from others is a good way to go about it too <3