Umm I dont try to hide my stutter but ofcourse I change words while talking and avoid talking to not get the embarrassment but where there is needed to talk I talk no matter what but my bad speech blocks makes the other person frustrated and they dont generally give me the attention I deserve and that pisses me off. Plus not being able to speak what I want to and then embarrassed afterwards. This stops me from becoming. friends with like minded smart people and left me with the lame ones and I feel so isolated among people like I have ideas and concepts I want to talk about, places i want to discover with but cant because of this thing. I feel like im left unheard. I would say I try to hide it a little. But not as much as I used to hide. Yes my real personality remained hidden because of this stuttering. It effects all parts of your life. But I feel like I am stronger than I should be. Also my doctors havent diagnosed ADHD but I have all the symptoms which they are referring as anxiety.