My stutter is so severe that I stutter on every single word and it's not uncommon for me not being able to finish a sentence. That's last thing is the hardest for me to accept. When I was younger I had a mild - moderate stutter and it didn't influency my ability to communicate at all. I could care less about my stuttering back then. But when it became like this I began to hate it. I'm really glad you had family and friends to help you out. My family tried their best to help me out too, but often felt helpless. I lost most of my friends when we are went our own way after high school. If I still had a group of friends now it surely would make things easier. After completing an intensive speech therapy course I stutter alot less or even become fluent. Sadly I can never keep it up and a relapse is always inevitable. After the relapse it's like my brain has adjusted to the new technique, I can never pick it up again. It seems the technique works as a distraction and once my brain figures that out the effect wears off. You are right that we have to make the best out of deck of cards life has dealt us. It can just get tiresome to always have the feeling that you are playing life on hardmode. Some good advice there. I relax by working out three times a week, meditate daily and I also listen to metal. Though I prefer Trash Metal and Metalcore over Power/Folk/Death metal. :P Awesome that you went to Wacken. It's on my bucketlist to visit that amazing festival too. This year I went to Rock am Ring, which was a really great experience too. I assume you are from Europe like me? Thanks for the response!