I hear you man. I’m 26 now. I’m a person who stutters and just graduated with a masters in speech language pathology and have worked with many people who stutter. Before this though, my confidence was severely impacted and I would refrain from putting myself out there ALL the time. I would say find a SLP in your area as they’re going to have the best knowledge and expertise on how to help you. The journey to being comfortable with your stutter is a long and often brutal one, but is SO rewarding if you put the work in. Here’s something to keep in mind if you can’t see a professional just yet: 1. Stuttering is an internal battle. The more you let it keep you from doing what you want in your day to day life, the more it wins. You MUST be OK with stuttering in public and with family and friends for you to eventually be ONE with your stutter and not fight it. Trying to be fluent is a losing battle. Put yourself out there and expose yourself to your stuttering more, and you’ll likely stutter less because you will be more at peace with it. Then use other techniques to go along with this, such as relaxed breathing and easing into sounds as you speak (or prolonging sounds). Godspeed