OP I understand what you are saying. OP my stuttering is extremely severe. At times it can take me about five minutes to say one word. Growing up was torture for me. My parents hated that that I was a stutterer. I was physically beaten and verbally assaulted. The physical beatings I could tolerate, but the verbal “beatings” of being told you’re worthless, you won’t get anywhere in life with the way I talk, you might just go and kill yourself. Not only was I was getting shit at home about my speech, I was being made fun of my speech at school as well. The amount of fights I had in school were a lot. I am shocked I never was expelled for all the fights. OP you have to keep in mind for this of us who have this and in my opinion a horrible disability, that it is a HIDDEN DISABILITY. What I mean by this is that I would not know walking down the street who is a stutter and who is not until you begin to interact with them. I wish and to this day I could trade stuttering with another disability that could be easily seen in public. Because then my stress level would be lower when it comes time to interact with that person. I am 48 years old, with dozens of suicidal attempts on myself, multiple stints in and out of mental hospitals, never had a relationship, and frankly will never have one because of my stutter. I am just one stutter on here that understands what you are saying, but each of us are going through our own struggles with being a person who stutters. Great post OP. For those who reside here in America, I hope you all have a Happy and joyous Thanksgiving today.