My secret about stuttering and being fluent

My secret about stuttering and being fluent I always assumed my life would begin the day I became fluent. But at 22, I realized my life had been rolling on past, and the day I realized my stutter might never go away was the day I decided to try to move with it. Today, I am the person I’ve been waiting my whole life to be. (Mostly lol). And my stutter is part of that. In a good way. My relationship with my stutter is so different now that it can be hard to imagine the scared college kid I was 10 years ago. So here’s my secret: life gets better. School is hard- you’re graded on if you raise your hand in class. You have to give presentations and what you say is equally important to how you say it. Your peers only know you’re smart if you can be articulate and confident, and they haven’t learned stuttering is OK. The real world isn’t like that. Your entire being doesn’t usually rest on raising your hand in a classroom of peers. And most people are patient. Most people don’t mind the repetitions and the blocks. They don’t think twice about making time for it. Yes, there will always be those who are rude or just don’t get it. But most people aren’t that way. So you’re stuttering? That’s OK. Your world will continue to evolve. Your stutter will change. But more importantly, you’ll realize that you have every right to take your time if you’d like. You’ll grow more comfortable taking up space. You deserve it. It will get better - even if your stutter sticks around. TL;DR, 10 years ago when I was 22, I began to realize fluency might never come. But that’s ok. I’m ok.