It gets better if you let it get better. I’m 35, I just graduated law school, I have friends who love me, family who adore me, mentors who see me. I stutter regularly enough and frequently enough that I couldn’t hide it but also I don’t try. My voice has a place in the room, in any room, so I make it heard. I stumble and I stutter and people have absolutely been cruel to me but more appreciate me and what I have to say. You have to get past the belief that stuttering is a bad thing.