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Childhood stuttering returning Hello, i am 32 years old. i had a stutter in grade school. Mainly trouble with sentence initiation, pronouncing words with more than 4 syllables, starting those same words up. i did speech therapy and learned to mask it very well, such as talking slower, pausing as if i am thinking of what to say, etc. i am a physician who just graduated residency, about to start my first attending physician job. i also recently started talking/flirting with someone who i will admit i am head over heals for. My stuttering has returned when i am speaking with this new person, and they say they barely notice it. But i do. A lot, And now i am having meetings with my new job and can feel my stuttering coming back at the work place. Last time it was an issue was a couple times in medical school. i am deathly afraid that patients will hear it and think i am not confident in my treatment plans, or this new potential partner will get sick of it. Besides going back to speech therapy, does any one have real world experiences with stuff like this and willing to give some advice?