I wish I had thought of the years ago. I have spent most of my life trying to speak in a way that is expected of me. There are times I can have a short interaction with a person and they won’t even hear me stutter but the other 9/10 times that’s not how I speak. It’s not who I am. I am 23, soon to be 24 and have since accepted my stutter. When I was a kid there were other kids in my classes who thought I was mute because I nearly never spoke up. I am a very social person who many people don’t want to hear speak. Speech therapy is there to help is get to the point where we can speak without having to go through a massive struggle and to not forget to breathe (I oftentimes did when I was little and trying to get out a sound) after that there’s no point in going back. Yeah I still have a stutter though it is mild now. I don’t care what others think of me. If they don’t accept that I am a person with a stutter and I am a human being then that’s ok, there are so many other people who I would much rather have a conversation with.