1. Yes I did 2. Most of my elementary years 3. I did help but I feel like my stutter still kept me from doing things that I wanted to do. 4. Slowing my speech, I would rush and stutter so much. I slowed down and I stutter significantly less. 5. Create friendships, landed a job, had a few relationship. 6.speech therapy helped but my confidence grew the more social interaction I had . Also love my dogs, every time I felt down about myself I would snuggle my dog.