Welcome! - Two things stand out to me: >I act like my stutter doesn’t annoy me with others, and play it off as nothing Don't do that. Don't "lie". It's unhealthy in the long run, I think. :) - >rapidly searching for word substitutions or finding the correct phrase that’s not as “stuttery” to respond with that by the time I do respond, I feel mentally frazzled Have you tried _not_ doing this? Carrying out dialogue in many tracks at once is very taxing indeed. Perhaps you could just stick with what you think of first? :)