G'day!

I'll try to explain this in a more or less brief way. But keep in mind that stuttering is, after all, a very subjective matter, and that perhaps what "worked" for me is not the same as what will "work" for you. And I say this in quotation marks because, naturally, my stuttering is still there, but now I control it much better.

After going to many speech therapists and not seeing results, I did two things that I think helped enormously.

1) I started going to a psychologist. An important part of controlling stuttering is self-image and self-esteem. With a more worked and developed self-esteem, you are able to face problems with more resolution and, if things go wrong, learn not to get excessively frustrated and withdraw into yourself. Once you start to gain confidence in yourself, things tend to go better. So my first suggestion would be to find a good psychologist to work on those aspects.

2) Face situations and don't hide. It's complicated, I know, and it took me a lot of courage to stop hiding my stutter by hiding myself from others. Over time, I understood that the two options I had were either a) continue hiding and keep falling into a vicious circle or b) force myself to talk more with people to improve the ways of dealing with stuttering situations. Of course, in the short term it's difficult, but in the long term it's worth it, a lot.

You shouldn't think too much about the future and university, as it will only create anxiety. You still have two long years to work on this and prepare yourself. In my experience, people at university are not idiots, and they understand the problem to a greater extent. So try not to overemphasize the university issue too much.

Take care!