Great post! Absolutely, self-acceptance is hard but we should aim for it regardless, in order to break out of the vicious circle. **In my opinion**: self-acceptance is the ability to embrace and love yourself, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses without trying to change or suppress them, without judgment or criticism. It basically comes down to being kind and compassionate to yourself, accepting all the problems around you without identifying with them or blaming them. Accepting and letting go has nothing to do with removing fear - in my opinion, rather the main takeaway is learning to tolerate fear or doubt, distancing yourself from fearful (and doubtful) thoughts and feelings, and then letting go. I also think it's important to recognize your worth and value as a person (independent of external validation or approval from others), regardless of your flaws, mistakes or past experiences. In fact, it's more effective to stop linking speech performance to self-esteem. We live in a society where we have to be socially acceptable, in that vein, yes indeed, it can be hard letting go of the need to constantly compare yourself to others and to strive for perfection. But according to [this](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272946053_Perfectionism_and_stuttering_Findings_of_an_online_survey) research paper, speech blocks occur mostly because of self-doubt, not because of having high personal standards, or wanting to do things really well. This research suggests that people who stutter (PWS) have unhelpful attitudes and beliefs about their speech, because they have difficulty with producing speech accurately and reliably. This could then result in (1) a negative perception of their own abilities to speak, and (2) feelings of frustration, shame and anxiety. These unhelpful attitudes and beliefs help PWS cope with their speech difficulties. These coping mechanisms become problematic if they lead to excessive self-criticism or avoidance of speaking situations. In other words, being error-prone was never the problem, rather the unhelpful attitude and belief is the actual problem that maintains the stutter cycle. **Conclusion**: even if we tend to be error-prone, hypersensitive, quicky bothered by anticipatory fear, especially then we should still breathe calmly regardless (no matter what) and additionally we could focus on maintaining the forward flow of speech or resist disruptions, even in the face of life's challenges, difficulties, feared situations and feared letters.