Great advice! Really! I'm 35 and have had a stutter since a young child. At your age of 13 was definitely the hardest period due to school speeches etc where I was forced to stand in front of peers numerous times and stutter my way through speeches. I was either mocked or felt sorry for. For me, my escape and salvation was facing my fears. Without realising it, I turned trauma into success. Instead of shaking when making speeches, I decided to turn every speech etc into a comedy show. It worked for me. Not only did I become a great public speaker (while still stuttering), the stuttering didn't matter anymore because it didn't matter to me. I made people laugh. That was important to me. This became an important life skill into my adult life; where I knew I went into difficult situations and would tend to stutter, I attacked the situation head on. My first serious job was talking to people in a call centre. Again, my stutter still existed but the more I faced my fears(of talking in general) the better I understood how to manage it. Speech therapy never worked well for me. Today I have a mild stutter that generally isn't noticeable unless I'm in certain very high stress situations. Even then, I can manage it. Nerves bring it on. It's such a bizarre thing to live with. For your brain to be 2 steps ahead of your mouth. You know it shouldn't happen but none the less, there you are saying w-w-w-w-w-ater boy. Believe it or not, your fears can work for you. " The cave you fear to enter, holds the treasures you speak" Good luck. Feel the fear, and do it anyway!