It's normal to define things by your own experiences. But the truth is, our limited experiences give us a pretty narrow understanding of things. One thing I've learned from this group is that my stuttering doesn't make me an expert on stuttering. Some here have had similar experiences to mine. Many have had very different experiences than I. Given that our stuttering might be different on so many levels, consider that your social anxiety might be different than that of your friends. Not all stutterers have social anxiety. Not all people with social anxiety stutter. *We may always be stutterers, but that doesn't mean we will always stutter.*