How do I not totally give up on making friends or dating?

How do I not totally give up on making friends or dating? So I've (M21) had a stutter since I was pretty young and it's mainly a block but ometimes it can be a repetition. Stutter though that I would say is kind of moderate. It's bad enough though that I'm just getting out of being super anxious and I'm wanting to start getting out and trying to make more friends and date and just live life but my stutter almost always seems to make people think differently of me no matter how well I try to get to know them. It makes me so anxious though to even think about trying to date or make friends that I'm almost considering not really trying because of how scared I am and I was wondering if you all had any advice?