**You're your own harshest critic.** Think of it as a bad hair day. How often do you see someone and think, "Wow, their hair looks really bad today?"... Everyone cares about themselves to the point where it cripples their ability to view scenarios objectively. Would you care if you met a smart, hot, funny chick that had a stutter... or needed braces... or was missing an arm... “You'll stop caring what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.” also.. head over to r/magic and learn a few impromptu tricks. That'll at least give you an easy ice breaker and instantly identify you as "the magic guy" instead of "the stuttering guy".