Let me tell you guys a secret. What we have is a gift not a curse. As you get older, you will care less and less. You will still have your moments, but once you realize everyone only really cares about themselves and not you, you will feel a lot more relaxed. I have stuttered my whole life. It has made me work 10x harder for everything. I'm always way overprepared for everything. I know I can't gaslight people because I can't talk like them, so I make sure my shit is done correctly at work. I still do things to push my own boundaries (not as intense as the therapy I had as kid where my therapist made me do the thing I hated most- example: go to a starbucks at 5pm at rush hour and hold up the line by stuttering on purpose). Thank you Miss Cook, I will never forget you.