I am confident. Some might say too much so. I accept myself for the person I am now and the person I know I can be. I can be articulate and captivating. Stutter stands in the way of my ideal, so I don't accept stuttering. Stutter interrupts my train of thought and disrupts the attention of the listener. It's a natural reaction. I will never accept stuttering. I do not stutter by myself or when I'm comfortable. I stutter during a call, but wouldn't stutter saying exactly the same sentences in a voice recording I know I can do multiple takes of. Simply knowing you can do multiple takes makes you fluent the first time. There's no way that can't be tapped in at will with the right understanding. I won't lose out on my ideal for something that depends on such small margins. I work sales now and am a top performer. You want something bad enough and you will get it. I want fluency and if that means no self-acceptance today, so be it. Life will find a way.