For those of you that have overcome your stutter: do you still identify as one and how does that shape your life/identity?
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For those of you that have overcome your stutter: do you still identify as one and how does that shape your life/identity? I had a more problematic stutter when I was a kid that led to some moderate social anxiety which I still have. The stutter began to fade away as I got older. I'm now 33 and, if I'm being honest, I rarely stutter anymore. But I still identify as someone who stutters and because I occasionally trip up on a word it's always in the back of my mind. But then I see videos of others with more severe stutters or I read experiences of those that struggle with it way more than I do and I end up asking myself why I still identify as a stutterer. Why do I define myself as being part of this group when I am largely unaffected by it? Should I stop doing that? I realize I'm free to answer those questions for myself but I'm curious what the community thinks. I'm also curious if there is anyone else here in a similar situation and, if so, how do you feel about that?