i felt every word in this post like i was the one typing it. 32M here, been battling with stuttering for 26 years now. i’ve also reached that “fake fluency” stage, but honestly? it just makes you sound boring, like all the life is drained out of your words. fluency only shows up around the main idea in the sentence and you block whenever you try to get to the point i can never really express my authentic self, and yeah it hurts. i’d rather stutter than say something that doesn’t carry my real feelings. my advice is. stuttering isn’t illegal. it’s not your fault. you’re allowed to stutter, anywhere with anyone. you don’t owe fluency to anybody. therapy helps tho seriously. the mental work can do miracles because in your case you’re being too hard on yourself. we only live once some people are out here committing atrocities and bragging about it, and we’re sitting here ashamed of something that doesn’t hurt anyone. and it’s costing us our joy, our voice. say what you want, even if it takes time. try and fail. desensitize yourself. the more you show up, the stronger you’ll get no one’s holding a clipboard judging your performance, no one’s clocking your words. screw that. no one cares. be yourself. stutter. and let the world hear you.