Thank you for your reply! That does make sense that those who stuttered since a young age have had their personalities shaped by it. I also think that stuttering has further been an influence on me feeling uncomfortable socializing. Because I was already afraid of being different than other people, it brought out more anxiety to start stuttering. Though I feel like the way to overcome a large part of our stuttering is to let anxious feelings arise through exposure to anxiety producing situations, and learn to live with them. That’s the only way for our personality to change and become more our authentic self.