The exercise you mentioned sounds good btw. When I first read it I couldn’t really resonate with it because I always felt bad that I stutter not that I don’t authentically express myself. But lately I’ve felt a bit bad about appearing to be fluent, I don’t love it when I speak fast in order for myself to not stutter, I don’t love it when I feel like I’m drowning if I can’t say a word and the fact I say uhm to fill the void. At the same time, I don’t love blocking as well lol. I often think about who is the real me? The stuttering me or the fluent me? Because when I have periods of fluency I feel like so much of myself can be shown towards the world. And when I stutter again I feel like a I lost a part of myself. But I can still show my personality when I stutter. Maybe I’ve just got 2 identities and they’re both equal ;) The idea of rejection is great but honestly I cannot do those things 😭 Not because I really can’t but personally I don’t like to stand out in public like that. I can incorporate those things in a way that is socially acceptable for me while still facing rejection. I do have a thing for people pleasing that i should fix tho.