This won’t be helpful - I just laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. My tic can represent as short gasps - and I can feel my mask getting sucked in and out of my mouth repeatedly and rapidly as I stutter. Like a paper bag for hyperventilating. Then I’m left with a soaking wet mask. I try not to focus on how embarrassing it is - it’s just silly. I tell myself it could be worse - the mask prevents me from accidentally spitting on someone Stuttering is hard - so hard. I can only try and laugh at it, otherwise I’d just me filled with rage and sadness forever. Oddly enough - being angry tends to reduce my tics. Whenever someone is rude or weird towards be I get a bit sassy, and tell them I have a stutter, please be patient, and then try to get out what I need to. I also try to remember that stuttering looks fucking weird to anyone not used to it. Am I sneezing? Am I retarded? Am I stupid? Am I choking? Most people have never seen or met anyone who stutters - let alone the varied and unique tics we develop. Easier said than done, but try and be patient with yourself. Don’t stand down. We tend to have shitty self confidence - but your time is worth just as much as the people waiting behind you. You matter, if only to yourself, and you deserve the god damn chicken sandwich you ordered, not the random thing someone chooses for you.