Motivational read for my fellow stutterers

Motivational read for my fellow stutterers Before I start, I just would like to say that I am one of you. I know how it feels to not be able to say my name when I’m asked, or looking like I’m about to physically explode while trying to push one of my blocks out. Every embarrassing stuttering moment you can think of, has happened to me. I’ve been stuttering since ages 2 and 3 (roughly around that time period) my dad realized that I would repeat my words in a very unnatural way. I got speech therapy for a few years but stopped near middle school. I’m 21 now, and in the U.S military. My stuttering is very situational at this point, I still block around friends but not nearly as bad as when I’m nervous or around authority figures. You might be thinking, wow, I can’t believe a stutterer would join the military, lots of radio comms, lots of professional settings, and lots of authority figures constantly evaluating you, and judging you. But what you may not realize, this is the exact reason my stutter is getting better and better as months go by. Instead of running away from my stutter, and being a cook in a restaurant away from customers, or a blue collar man doing grunt work, I decided to face it head on. I knew that the military was going to expose my stutter the most. And it has, but I have learned to wake up every morning and give my stutter the biggest FUCK you to its face. A big reason why our stutters don’t get better is because we associate fear alongside it. We avoid certain places, we avoid certain words, because we are so damn scared of doing it in front of people who might judge us. When you master the art of not giving a fuck and resorting to becoming the most authentic version of yourself, you start to heal. I’m not coming on here to tell you bullshit techniques like “just breath slow, talk slow” we all know that barely does fucking anything. I’m coming on here to tell you anything is possible. Immense yourself in motivational videos from David goggins and other successful people who have went through the same shit that you have. I’m law enforcement for the military and I’m so damn glad I didn’t let a stutter keep me home and afraid to socialize. I’m so glad I had the balls to wake up every morning and tell my stuttering demon to fuck off. You can accomplish anything you want in life. Please dm me if you have any questions I’d love to help.