First of all, I just want to say I'm sorry you had to go through something like that. As someone who has stuttered since childhood I have experienced this at every stage of life. Now, in my 40's I have a somewhat nuanced view of it. If someone finishes what I'm trying to say **and** I'm having a very difficult time saying it **and** they actually get it right the first time, I'm mostly ok with it. I mean it kinda irks me a little bit no matter what but, at this point, there are times when I'm just glad I don't have to keep trying to say the stupid word anymore. However, that all changes the moment they get it wrong. Because then I have to stop and say, "no..." before continuing to try and say the thing I want to say. So that annoys me. At this point, most people don't guess again. But there have been people who seem to think there's nothing weird about forcing me to play the guessing game with them. Those people can fuck right off. If you try once and get it wrong, just accept you don't know the next word and shut the fuck up while I work through it. The one thing I almost always refuse to do is stop. There are times when I have let the end of my sentence trail off into nothing but those are very few and far between. One time my brother fell asleep waiting on me to finish a sentence. **That** pissed me off. But, in his defense, he can fall asleep at the drop of a hat once he sits down and gets comfortable. I think it's a very personal and subjective experience. I would say just do the thing that causes the least of amount of personal suffering In regards to your stuttering in general — Most people who stutter have been stuttering since childhood. I would think someone who developed a stutter due to psychological trauma would have a better chance of getting rid of it than someone who has grown up with it. I have no data to back that up but that's what my gut says. Because most of your life experiences haven't included stuttered speech until a couple years ago. So it seems like there should be way back. If you don't mind me asking: * Do you stutter all the time or is it mostly when stressed? * How do you stutter? Do you block and nothing comes out or do you repeat sounds or a combination of both or something else entirely? * Have you developed any secondaries? For example I clear my throat repeatedly during a block because at some point in time I guess some part of me found it helpful. Which ultimately caused clearing my throat to become a central characteristic of my stuttering that's almost involuntary now.