I understand where you're coming from. I'm kinda the same way, especially around meeting new people. I don't know how serious your stutter is, mine has its bad days and good days. I was lucky that my best friend also had a slight stutter, his went away though and mine stayed. I hated talking in person, i say my order at a restaurant 4563234 times before I order, I get shy around meeting new people cause 1) I'll have to say my name and Im really good at stuttering on that, also i'm lucky that my name is weird so I usually have to say it 2-4 times. 2) I'm afraid people will think differently of me if I stutter. But i love going out and the other worse thing is I'm 24 so my usual nights out involve drinking and sometimes it gets super bad. So its hard to approach a girl with that fear that youre going to stutter within the first 2-3 seconds and she thinks youre just some dumb drunk guy trying to get some ass. My advice, own it. Make friends and just embrace that you have a stutter. Let it be the first thing you tell them, so they know and arent weirded out or something. Learn ways to cope with it and find what works for you to get around blocks. I'm sure you know when youre going to stutter, weird isnt it, I cough or find a different word that suits what word I'm going to stutter on. So its also a way you can expand your vocab and make you think quick. Like if I were gonna say " i'm going to school today" simple sentence but i know G's give me a tough time, so if I know i'm gonna stutter on G then ill swap it out for "heading." Means the same thing but avoids a stutter. Just find what works for you and doesnt, and if someone thinks about you differently cause you have a stutter, something you cant control and were born with screw them. Yes you'll meet some people who will make fun of you but just laugh it off, thats what I do. Best of luck and I hope you find a way to get over this anxiety and make friends. You cant let your own faults hold you back.