Hello everyone

Hello everyone I'm happy I found this community, I'm 27 and I've had a stutter since I was 5. When I was a lil kid I was emotionally and physically abused by my dad and step dad and I believe that's where it started. When I try to talk it feels like I'm in a cage screaming silent words, banging on the bars. I want to hold a simple conversation and not feel like an outcast. Lately I'm refusing to talk to my friends and family, slowly shutting them out. I know its wrong, my brother and sister have always been there for me. Its hard, its really really hard to hold on...