What helped me was taking in a breath and before I speak I exhale for maybe 1/4 to 1/2 a second then I start speaking. Idk why it helps me, but it seems to. But I think the biggest thing is growing a thicker skin. I used to care a lot about my stutter, and I still do, but I used to care too much. I used to care about how this waitress I’ll probably never see again is going to react to me struggling to speak. But eventually over the years, I stopped caring. Idk when I stopped, but I did. Even if I do get made fun of, which does happen even to this day, I do not care. They need to actually mean something to me before their words can hurt me. The only ones that can are the people I call friends and family, and as long as I have the right friends, they won’t hurt me via my stutter. They might poke fun every now and again, but it’s in good fun, never meant in a harmful way. I do the same to them. My advice, try the inhale exhale thing. Make sure you got enough breath to say the sentence you want, then exhale and start speaking. Try to speak in a monotone way, that also helps me. And grow a thicker skin, don’t worry about the people you’ll never form a meaningful connection with