>conflict >difficult people >lack of trust >doesn't like interacting You know what - and I don't mean to sound like a smartass - but I deal with those things, and I stutter, and I still _deal with those things_. I think we tend to think of a communication situation as ideally consisting of somehow "perfect" communication. But that is pretty much never the case. We're never really flawless - that's a naïve criteria. The criteria for succesful communication is - just that: *succesful communication*. The communication achieved its goal. Nevermind whatever way it's done, from rubbish to elite. I say you do your job and you stutter. Those are not at odds with each other.