In college, we had a discussion session (about 30 students) for one of my biology courses (this course had over 100 students and there were multiple discussion sessions). During this first discussion session, we had to introduce ourselves, and naturally, I stuttered significantly. Immediately after this introduction, we were told to form a group of 3 people. No one wanted to be in my group. I went home and vented to my brother and told him what happened. Then I emailed the professor of the events. The professor told me that there were 2 people who didn't show up that day and told me to form a group with them. Those two people were quite lazy when I finally met up with them. I ended up designing the whole group project and doing it on my own. On the written exams for the same biology course, I ended up scoring top 2 out of the 100+ students. I reminded myself of these hurtful memories and they served as a motivation to persevere. If people avoid you because of your stuttering, it's their loss. There are people out there who genuinely care about you. Stuttering is a good screening tool; it will repel the fainthearted and the weak-hearted. I hope you will be able to overcome your fear one day. I've gone through some of the same situations and experienced some of the same feelings, and they hurt. I still stutter daily and I have to speak with new people on a daily basis, but I no longer live in fear and I think you can too. Bon courage!