Sorry, I know it's a meme, but I have to say it: In my experience, the cure is in accepting it as part of you, but not letting it define you. Also, don’t cry over your fate. Adjust your life a bit so you don’t have to speak in front of a crowd often, and try to find a job that doesn’t need a lot of phone time. Surround yourself with people you feel comfortable around. Try military discipline, work out, eat healthy, meditate—it’ll boost your self-confidence. Pushing your limits can be an exciting experience. How about an ice bath in a frozen lake? It’s healthy if done right, and just proving to yourself that you can do it is worth a lot. We might not be announcers or telemarketers, but we can be almost anything else, have a great job, a hot partner, and a fulfilling life. You are not a fucking stutterer. You’re a successful \[insert your job title\], a loving person, a party guy/girl, great at \[name a sport\], a guitarist, traveler, biker, hiker, artist, astronomer, great friend, gym rat, knee-shaking lover... Oh, and sometimes you talk funny. When you truly stop giving a fuck, the improvements will come. No way am I throwing my life away because of it, and neither should you. We got this.