Ignore what she said. My brother was my biggest bully about my stutter (which is pretty severe) my entire life. I’ve also had better jobs, longer and fuller relationships and friendships, and happiness in general. We all have or had have that fear that we’ll be a hermit but it’s not true. We focus too much on our most obvious flaw. There are plenty of fluent people scared to death of talking; we don’t have to kill ourselves over it. People are more understanding than you realize. Work as hard as you can in other aspects of your life and you will see rewards. People will take notice of how kind you are or what a good worker you are. You are going to be okay. We all know what you go through. You are not alone and you are enough. Remember that. We all should.