> Guidance counselors, speech therapists, and teachers alike flocked to my suddenly choked speech, forming what Well my childhood speech therapist was ironical

> Guidance counselors, speech therapists, and teachers alike flocked to my suddenly choked speech, forming what Well my childhood speech therapist was ironically located in a mental hospital. So in order to attend the session my mom had to drag me through "a hallway of horrors" where having to pass by patients there either staring catatonically into space, mumbling nonsense, or doing other weird stuff. Needless to say I didn't attend those for too long. But I do remember them trying the latest research techniques on me, which was a delayed audio feedback loop, not sure how effective it was, because we didn't come back after a while. Another thing I noticed is that my cousin also stutters, wonder if it is genetic in any way. His stuttering was triggered by being scared by dog once. Don't remember why mine started. > I substituted in place of “trouble words,” Heh, you'd be surprised how many synonyms I know because of that. Some words don't have good synonyms, those words are to be feared and they cause extreme anxiety ... which causes even more stutter. > and my classmates were quick to assure me that it sounded just as ridiculous as I thought. Yeah on the plus side I guess I developed a pretty thick skin against being made fun of, as I've been made fun of constantly, well since as long as I remember.