I think this is a really important question that I think gets to one of the roots of why so many of us struggle. I've been trying to answer this question for a while now and though im getting closer, its still illusive. I feel like it burdens me most because it prevents me from expressing my natural self. Now here is where we play the question game. Why do I feel it prevents me from expressing myself? Because when I try to speak or share, I feel anxiety and that ramps up my nervous system and makes speech difficult and I feel bad. What do I feel bad about?? This is kind of the crux of it that i havent been able to identify. I'm between shame, embarrassment, pride (hazy on this one), or perhaps I have set unreasonable rules for myself that don't help me. How and why does stuttering burden me? Most simplistically, I think it is because I have many negative associations related to stuttering that self reinforce on their own. If I could change those negative feelings to positive or neutral, I dont think stuttering would even bother me.