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Am I a Stutterer or Not ?? I will try to keep it short but I think its worth reading to make a judgement or anyone who can help. I was a brilliant child in my school, who loved to read aloud in class a very very extrovert child, but then I developed a condition that I started to stutter on some specific words, and then my whole world just collapsed. I don't know why it happened and after which occasion it happened with me but what I remember is my teacher used to hit my head with his hand when I stutter while reading in front of class, I don't remember that stutter was due to those insults or my stutter was there even before this insult but it was my school was like. Fast forward I am 35 now, passed my high school, and then did my masters now working in a good pharmaceutical company in supply chain dept., I am considered a key player in my team and gets promotion every year. my stutter is almost gone now when I am talking to my friends family, co-workers, even with strangers I can comfortably communicate, also had a few GFs in past and they never noticed it, But all these years I lived after my school in a constant fear and anxiety of stutter, i used to avoid public speakings in my school, collage, university, skipped presentations, never appeared in interviews, performed very less in professional meetings etc. it gets worst when i have to introduce myself in corporate gatherings and interviews, i always gets a panic attack and i just try to flee the situation, i can introduce myself to non professional gatherings but in formal setups i just cant, i feel fear of my past stutter and due to that fear i stutter to that specific situation, when i dont have to introduce myself my meetings and interviews goes well and I gets offer too, but when I have to introduce myself, I gets rejected may be due to low confidence. When I know I have a meeting I just couldn't sleep whole night due to fear of morning. i did some presentations and i didnt stutter but me low confidence was clearly visible is clear due to fear. Can anyone help me in this situation and know this personally, my panic attack is very bad and i have no control over it, i gets shiver with heart racing and numb legs. if anyone can get me through this ??