> move to San Antonio sadly born, raised and still live here. you will learn to love it once you start finding the good Mexican restaurants. as for your actual point, i have good news and bad news: good news is that your friends dont mind, your teachers dont mind, and you can get free help from your school. As part of the law (American with Disabilities act?) schools must have access to a speech therapist and must provide you with time to meet with them (if you play your cards right you may even be able to get out of a class you dont like a few times a week). Another bright point is that if it *really* bothers you to do things like give presentations or read out loud then talk to the teacher about it during lunch or before/after school and many of them will (have to?) come up with alternate assignments for you (write a paper instead of present infront of the class for example). I generally do NOT advise you take this route because learning to deal with your stutter is better than learning to run from it, but if you have severe anxiety or something similar then it may be a good choice. source: was in NSISD my whole life, took advantage of some of the resources. and my family is full of teachers and school administrators . the bad news: you are in middle school. no one is happy in middle school and everyone is in a really bad place emotionally. you are being teased for your speech, one of your friend is being teased for their taste in music, another one of your friends is being teased for their height/weight/freckles/whatever. the silver lining is that you are *not* being singled out. it is *not* about you. everyone around you is trying to build themselves up but dont know how so they tear others down, it has *nothing* to do with your stutter, the real world is much more kind. Whenever I get down about stuttering (yes, at 32 you will still have days when it bugs you) I think of it this way: yes, it is a disability and it can be annoying and frustrating and embarrassing, but as far as disabilities go it could be a lot worse (wheel-chair, brain cancer, blind) so I need to quit whining and say what I gotta say, even if it takes a little longer than I would like. EDIT: i reread your post and this stuck out at me > One day I was talking to my friend and her friend whom i have just met asked me if i was cold because i was stuttering. learn to feel comfortable saying "no, I have a stutter." It will nip that shit in the bud real quick. besides, there is no better feeling than someone saying "you forgot your name? hehehe" and you responding with "no, I have a stutter. and you are an asshole."