you know what? You are me and I am you. I feel as if communication is my natural talent, something that comes natural to me but as fate would have it, my stuttering worsens when I go out there and try to speak and communicate my ideas, all those notions are ready to burst but there's this giant iron gate blocking them all; words try to seep out of that gate but it takes real exertion on my mind. This triggers frequent anxiety, and sometimes I really feel hopeless. There are times my stuttering reduces significantly, but then the battering ram comes back. I have become the quiet kid in my class even though I am not one. I want to participate, ask questions no matter how stupid they may be, but out of fear of previous occurrences where I struggled to utter even a single word, I have become hesitant now.