Hey, thanks for this. Mentioning my stuttering on the start of a conversation works for me too. Been recommended to take speech therapy but I am yet to try it due to some financial issues I have at the moment. There was a time during my college years when my stuttering was very light and I was able to debate my professors. But then the pandemic happened and I'm still finding a way to bring back that energy before. Your acceptance story somehow gave me peace. I'm still starting to accept this blocking stuttering of mine.