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Absolutely not. I've been poor, and it's way worse than having a stutter. True poverty is dire - when you can't afford food, rent or bills the stuttering doesn't really factor into whether or not you're sleeping rough that night. Poverty is so, so much worse and to maintain otherwise is just showing me that the person doesn't understand poverty. And I mean, the difference between you and hypothermia is a jacket type poverty. Absolute poverty. I'm not willing to give up anything, even when my stutter was at it's worst and I hated myself for it (don't now, and now it's covert) I was able to do things that made me feel like a human being. Coming from relative poverty (with pockets of absolute) and dealing w/physical impairment, the stutter has been the least of my worries a fair few times in my life and I'd take it worsening again over losing like, housing, security, self-care or the ability to afford food, rent with consistency.