How to understand my stutter?

How to understand my stutter? hey, so, I’ve stuttered pretty much my whole life (i’m 24 now) and i would say it affects me in many ways, i have social anxiety related to it my question here is, how should i understand my stutter? like a “condition” i should talk people about in order to “warn them”? like just the way i talk and its ok? like a problem i should overcome? I would like to read some of your thoughts guys and the ways you see your own stutter