Thank you so much for saying all of this. Sometimes I'm open about it but over time I realized when I say that to people they start paying more attention to how I talk and then I get even more uncomfortable and therefore stutter more. However, I've always wanted to be a teacher and to be completely honest with all of you -my stutter occurred as a result of emotional and physical abuse I went through as a child and it lasted for 10 years almost. I went to different therapists (but later, not when I was supposed to because my parents ignored it and said I was doing it just for the attention) who used to tell me I couldn't do this and that as a job but I just wanted to be a teacher. And first years of studies went great -no one ever in the world assumed that I stutter -I could always talk but now when I look back I know that I was in a much better state of mind. A lot of shit happened during last two years and I know it affects my speech as well. I think that I feel exhausted a lot at the moment and I've really never felt like this .. I always had the strength to go on, get over it and fight it, but honestly reading all these comments has made my day and I do feel stronger, and definitely NOT ALONE! THANK YOU!