Start slow at first, with little accomplishments. I used to never order bread at the bakery stall at the supermarket because i was afraid that i could block, and so i always bought the pre-packed bread near the stall. I started from there, and after doing it a couple of times i'm not that scared of it, i do it without thinking too much. After that, phone calls, go out more and stuff. It's important to start slow so you won't be overwhelmed. Since it's all mental, we need to tell our mind that we are confident in some way...we are used to thinking that we are insecure, so we need to build self confidence. No, i never tell people. 95% of the people i know don't know i stutter, my previous classmates from elementary, middle ad high school know i have a kind of speech impediment, but i don't think they have labeled me as a stutterer (probably but i never asked, and never will). The ones that know are my mom, my best friend and maybe some relatives (never asked them eighter lol). My aunt has a Scottish boyfriend, and one week ago we talked for more than 2 hours about everything while we were at the hospital. He is super kind and i told him about how i stutter and what stutter is.....it was a huge relief to finally tell someone about it. I guess i also stutter less when i talk in english, i'm Italian. I suggest you to do it with someone too, it's like speech therapy but without wasting money. My pauses are short most of the times, but sometimes they can be awkwardly long.....it happens. You can check my Reddit overview on my profile if you want, i posted about a bunch of bad experiences and stuff. I used to wonder "why me?" every day, but it will not help at all, it will just bring you down even more. I've always been the quiet type and i probably would stil be even without a stutter, i don't like to talk for nothing and i tend to just talk mostly when it's needed. I actually like the fact that i'm a quiet type, most people just move their mouths for nothing and i hate that, not because i have a stutter and i can't do it as carelessly as they do it, but because i don't like it. I'm also the type of person that has very little patience, and stutter helps with that, makes me hesitate a bit before speaking...so stutter also brings good things sometimes. I feel like i would be much more of a douchebag without it. In a way, i feel like i've become a better person because of my stutter, more caring and kind, and more mature i think...I've always been more mature than most of my friends since elementary school, i guess my stutter made me this way and i'm kind of glad for it (NOT so glad about the anxiety, stress, and lack of self esteem that stutter also brings, but whatever). If you want to talk sometimes and you need a friend, feel free to DM me your Messanger or something. Don't give up, things will end up the right way.