self acceptance as a person who stutters is important. hiding it masks who you are and makes it difficult to be yourself, so your anxiety levels are relatively normal. when you hide it do you change the words to something you think you can say, or speak less to lower the chances of stuttering? Some tips I learned from my Mcguire programme course was to speak to speak to go to busy place and speak to 100 strangers. ask them the time, how to get to bank, or if there is a particular sound you can't say, work on saying that. speak to someone that gives you anxiety eg a person you find attractive, or authority figure. for some of thr 100 people you can say something like "I, can youbhelp me, I have a stutter and I am practicing talking to people, thabk you" or "I am trying to practice saying sounds with B, so please tell me if you have seen a blue bike". Keeping eye contact is the key, and smiling. people are generally very nice and understanding in these situations. you could start by making 10 phone calls. phone a relative and say I am practicing speaking so can you listen for a few minutes, something like that, or phone a library and ask them if they have a book called the blue bear by Bill bottle, or a real book beginning with a letter you can't say. do things that your stutter holds you back from. that will help you and build your confidence.(expanding comfort zonday. I think these may help you with owning your stutter. i hope this helps. stuttering is hard. there is so much anxiety under the surface, we are like icebergs with 10 % what people see but thr 90% of anxiety beneath the water!