Fear of traveling to non English speaking countries

Fear of traveling to non English speaking countries If y’all have dealt with this fear and gotten through/over it, I’d love some advice. Not only am I speaking a foreign language, but I’m dis-fluent. Last time I was in Japan, two service people backed away slowly as if I was a bomb about to go off/having a seizure. I also once heard that disfluency goes against Japanese principles of flow or something (idk I think AI once told me that when I asked what countries are stutter friendly). I’m currently in the BLANK program, which promotes living WITH your stutter and not minimizing/erasing it. But I still have years of mental wiring to redo. I still feel shame. I’d like some encouragement or advice on how to get over/through this fear.