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small success! tw: childhood truma hi \^.\^ i have never posted on this sub before but i wanted to share my small victory! ever since 3rd grade i developed a stutter due to childhood trauma due to low self confidence and anxiety skyrocketing. this made me question my self worth, i felt like i had nothing to give and though i had so much i wanted to say i felt like i couldn't. i have also never received speech therapy so it just got progressively worst. however, today my teacher hosted a google meet for quiz tutoring. i was late and a rush of anxiety came into my body. i had so much trouble hitting the join meet button but i eventually thought that if i joined this meet i could possibly improve my grades. i joined and my teacher asked if i had a question i wanted to review because i missed so much of the tutor. i was just going to use to typing feature but i decided to use the mic feature instead. i actually spoke surprising smooth, except i did i repeat the question number a few times. i even raised my hand and asked more questions on topic i wasn't sure about. thought i didn't speak perfectly fluent i'm glad i stepped out of my comfort zone and took the risk. stuttering didn't hold me back and it won't hold you back either. the best part is, even after i had a small mess up i'm not overthinking about what others think of me because frankly none of the students cared i stuttered. u got this!