I havent met anyone with a stutter and im so grateful that this thread exists I am 17yo male with not so bad stutter, i block on maybe half my words and sometimes i get that repetition of syllables (the ones where u are stuck pronouncing it but u wont stop until u succeed )... I started to talk about it only to few my friends and they all ignore it and move on like i said nothing and they say that its not even that bad. Little do they know that i plan my every word before i say it and every one of them must be interchangeable so i can replace it. I also have a problem with meeting cuz i cant say my name so i often just say like a nick name or i try real hard to say my name. I truly got only one friend (female) that i really care about and would do anything too keep her. Its been a hard life, every presentation, every questioning, even the simplest interaction, i try to avoid to hide the fact that i stutter. In fact almost no-one knows that i stutter since i dont even talk in public. I would give anything to have someone help me or tutor me how to accept the fact that ill never be able to tell a single story or a single joke, that ill never be able to make my girl smile, lol i never even went on a date.... i feel like a shallow void. If anyone can give me some advise or even tell me their story so we can talk about it i would be grate full. Thanks for reading this. PS: i let a tear out mid post.