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I JUST HAD TO SAY IT. I grew up with a really bad stutter. Went to speech therapy and everything. My stutter was so bad, my jaw would lock in place sometimes, and every time I stuttered I would make these really weird faces or facial jerks. Many even told me if things don't get sorted by the time I am done "growing", i.e. by the age of 18, it's a lifelong problem. Fast forward to today, and I am a lawyer, I debated heavily in college circuits and I have been told I am good with words. My stutter is almost non-existent. It does happen if I am really-really nervous or I want to speak fast, but otherwise, it just doesn't happen. What I found out was what worked for me, and I was a really bad case of stuttering, was just to face it. My worst fear was public speaking. I just did it. In 9th grade, I just volunteered for a debate competition and just signed up for the debate club. The first time I spoke, I almost died, felt like I had a heart attack. It actually kind of got better and then came back again and the cycle of better and worse just continued. But with like after a month or two it just vanished. When I speak in public I still get nervous but once u get over the stutter, I know how to control it. Something my mom said helped me too, she said: "Your body can't keep up with the pace u think and want to communicate, slow down ur thoughts and speak slowly". Initially, it didn't do much, but after those two weeks things just really started to click. It's kind of a weird feeling, like before u stutter if u get this thought " Oh no I might stutter", just pause, and think about what ur going to say and then speak, it also helps not to look at the person's eyes. I know to most people this might sound like a bunch of baloney. But I am just trying to help, if u want to believe me that's really up to you. My last advice would be......be cocky, like not confident, but cocky, like in your head. P.S. - When I say cocky, I mean like in your head. Believe that u can speak as fluently as the best rizzer alive. Again, I am trying to be helpful. Also when my life gets fucking stressful or when I am emotionally really out, I stutter way more.