I too was changed from left to right handed, but I retain some odd left handed quirks, like dealing cards (!), and incidentally I am left footed, too. I gradually trained myself out of the stammer, but it took many, many years, and I am still not entirely free of it. The one time I was completely free of it was during an acid trip when I was 20. It was an extraordinary, though all too short-lived, feeling of peace. Not exactly on the same level as addressing a nation, but I do remember vividly the crucifying agony of having to say grace before my entire school one lunchtime. I was nicknamed "Bertie" at school, strangely, by everybody, from the headmaster down...I've read and it was mentioned in the movie, that if you are left handed and forced to write with your right hand, a stammer can develop. My Dad was forced to write with his right hand although he is left handed, but fortunately he did not develop a stutter. I am left handed but by the time I hit school in the 60's they had given up on forcing kids to make that switch. Did you grow out of it or took therapy?
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