There is an international day of awareness on stuttering. Few years ago I made a twitter thread on stuttering based on my experience and on information I collected over the years (I was at late twentieth at the time). I got some reactions and I understand a few things: people \[who don't stutter\] doesn't have 'recipes' in their mind on what to do when someones stutter (yes, because there is still not enough awareness), parents of children who are stuttering thanked me for giving a perspective from an grown-up point of view, and also I understand that people who don't stutter thought of stuttering as an issued which happens only during the conversation (while for me it's not a moment thing, but smth that may impact my word choice or if I'm feeling brave enough to join the conversation at all). I felt I need to talk more about it. Or write, which is more comfortable, obviously. ​ And also thank you for this sub. Among the articles I found over the years were pieces that treated stuttering as a blessing: look, I'm inserting pauses into this conversation, making it more meaningful. I've never seen my stuttering as a blessing, more like an obstacle. Conversation about what coffee I'd like or which ticket I need shouldn't be meaningful, it should be convenient. So I'm glad I'm founding people with different perspectives and this obstacle looks less scary.