I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. He didn't go to school for several weeks after he felt embarrassed in school when forced by his teacher to speak in class. And this is after he told the teacher and asked if he could do his presentation alone with her. Now he is finishing his senior year at alternative school where you are taught at your pace using a computer and don't have to interact with other students. He even quit varsity sports so he didn't have to return to the school where he felt people were making fun of him. Took him to a counselor to talk about depression and he said its his stutter that depresses him. The counselor said that his speech disfluency was mild and that he had so many things going for him like good looks, etc. But this is all he can think about. I have suggested a speech therapist but his mom said that she brought her 25 yo son to several and that they didn't help at all.