Maybe people are put off by the first sentence but this is the best answer given. People seem to think they can run away from this. I know I've been trying to for most of my life. And what most of y'all don't realize is that once you start running, it's hard to do anything else. You avoid the hard things long enough and they become the psychological equivalent of climbing Mount Everest. It's a much better plan to just nut up and put yourself in these scary situations so you can learn how to deal with them. Because life is going to happen whether you take part in it or not. And I can tell you from experience that it's much better to stutter and have a life than it is to look back and regret all the wasted years.