Thank you for this thread. Very well written. To the part of using psychedelics, I think it's a very valuable experience. I would not recommend trying them when you are in that self-pity hole full of negative thoughts though, or if you suffer from severe anxiety and depression from stuttering. They can expand your narrow view on yourself and your life as a stutterer, the view that you are limited by your stutter to do anything. In my experience, I first took some diethyltryptamine when my stutter started to worsen and when I was full of negative thoughts (not good as I wrote) because I thought that this experience somehow miraculously heals my stuttering problem or at least I gain some insight into it. However, the worsening of my speech speeded up. Well, at least I realized that I can't help myself so finally I started going to speech therapy. So, in retrospect, it catalyzed or accelerated the change of my view on myself and my stuttering problem. But not after the one trip. Change of view took a while. In speech therapy, very good exercise is voluntary stuttering. It is much better than real stuttering, because you control it. Also, I learned keeping eye contact while stuttering voluntarily. And finally, my anxieties from speaking situations lessened dramatically. It is the most liberating feeling. And I completely agree, the best way to reduce stuttering is to stop avoiding speaking situations, or even looking for new situations and challenging yourself. So yes, psychedelics are definitely not a cure. I know there is a youtube video of a guy whose stutter disappeared after one magic mushroom trip. But this is I presume extremely rare.