Unfortunately, I’ve never had the option of covert stuttering. It has always been there, front and centre. Around strangers, I usually just avoid talking, due to the crippling levels of stress involved, but I’ve always made an effort to plow through anytime I’m around friends and family. It can be exhausting, but I’ve never felt the same kind of discomfort stuttering around people with whom I’m familiar that I feel stuttering around strangers.