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When I first went to speech therapy in Grade 6, the therapist told me there is no cure for stuttering. That killed me at the time, and I've been in your shoes and thought the exact same way. However, with stuttering, like with anything else in life, the best thing you can do is become happy with yourself. It's not a flick you can switch overnight, and it's hard to tell anyone how to do it, but you need to pursue your life and your happiness to the greatest extent possible. I still stutter as bad as I ever have. But I'm not scared of stuttering anymore. I love who I am, and I am grateful for everything about me. I love who I am because I am not letting anything stop me from being myself, saying what I want to say, pursuing the career I want to have, etc. In my mind, that is the real cure for stuttering. I've seen other posters on this sub share a similar sentiment, and it's the same path for almost all of us, as everyone has problems they have to get over. I don't disparage tricks and encourage people to do what works for them, but I do caution that for 99.9999% of us, there is no magic wand. The cure, as corny as it sounds, has to come from within you. I didn't want to hear it when I was younger, but it sure is true to me now.