I am M23 and my stutter is relatively hard, in my opinion... In most situations I am not able to say what's on my mind, but when I am with my family or friends, it is sometimes totally alright, sometimes harder... I have a wife for around half a year now (we met around 8 years ago, still wondering how😅) and I am studying computer science... So I am trying to base my life on other things I can do, other than speech... I am good at many things, and I am trying to build my worth on actions and knowledge/professionality... But the most important thing is not to be scared, and maybe find other ways to communicate with people, when you really can't speak in the situation. But people are not evil, and they will understand our trouble... When we show them we are not mentally disabled, and almost all the things we can do as good as them, or even better, they will have respect for us and deal with us like with anyone else. So don't fall into self pity and depression, that's the thing in my opinion. Find things you are good at and build on them.