“Without sounding like I’m retarded” Who the hell do you think you’re talking to in this sub? You’re talking to people who have been made fun of their whole lives for their speech, many times told we’re retarded. To liken how we sound, by way of your new stutter, to that of being “retarded”, maybe karma caught up with you for being an insensitive asshole. You only had girls that were “straight tens”? Now you might need to settle for less than the tens that you were used to? What a vain as fuck and entitled thing to say. Either those girls were and are assholes too, ones who also think we sound like “retards”, or no one wants to be around you anymore because you’re a bigger asshole than you used to be. Either way, you need a therapist, like today. Start talking your shit out — your anxiety will lessen, your stutter will then decrease, and you can get back to those hot chicks you’re used to and not the “retards” you’re having to surround yourself with right now. Maybe you can even impress those Stacys with how sensitive you’ve become to mental health issues because you don’t trip retards anymore in the hall. TL;DR — Be sensitive to your audience, asshole. Get a therapist.