I used to care waaaay to much about what people thought of my stutter, but this is how I go about it. People can’t please everyone, so as a stutter you shouldn’t push your self to hard to have a flowing conversation. You’re you. And if the people make you feel uncomfortable about your stutter then they don’t deserve a place in your life. I really have only talked on the phone with people I’m comfortable with. And making any important call is always nerve racking but sometimes I start off by saying that I have a stutter and to please be patient with me. I used to have a lot of friends and I tried to be the cool guy and do things to make people happy, but ever since ive become less social and Found a girlfriend that I’m comfortable talking to about ANYTHING so my speech has gotten better. Comfortable conversational settings over a good period of time brings ultimate peace. Literally to the point that if anyone laughs or chuckles I really don’t care anymore because I know exactly who in my life cares for what I have to say and loves me stutter and all those are the people you should surround yourself by. And i spent 20 years beating myself up over stutter but now I’m gaining the confidence to one day get up and tell my story to the world. Because once we as stutterers find our confidence to publicly tell our story, hopefully the world will becoming more accepting. day after day all we can do is bring awareness to this disability and one day it won’t be the laughing stock of disabilities, that’s the dream.