Hey pixel boots, I’ll reiterate what I said to you in another comment. The reason SLPs (at least the ones that know how to treat stuttering effectively) want clients to accept their stuttering as a difference rather than a disorder, is because it’s often their response to stuttering that’s so debilitating, not the actual stutter itself. We don’t treat the stutter, we treat the response to stuttering. Ultimately, we get back to stuttering easily with no physical tension. Part of that is accepting stuttering as a valid way to communicate. It gets so bad because we have trained our minds and bodies to avoid stuttering!