Although I don’t think OP was asking for advice on overcoming stuttering, I think you are right on the money. We can become more fluent and improve our lives , but it takes hard, prolonged work. Even if therapy isn’t an option or doesn’t work, there are a ton of resources out there for self-therapy. I tried a bunch of things over the years - some helped and didn’t (actually made things worse) - but ultimately like many others I figured out a combination of things that tremendously improved my fluency and life. As a stutterer, speech is harder for us but that just means we have to work harder to communicate effectively.