I was very much an introvert when I was younger either that or I’ve always been an extrovert but I just couldn’t show it because I was painfully shy and would just opt to be selectively mute at times cos I was deathly afraid of ridicule from my stutter 😅 But yea from high school onwards I gained a lot of confidence from being taken under the wing of other people initially and then I learnt to derive that confidence from myself, by the time I started college (I’m in my final year now) I would definitely consider myself an extrovert, I love any and all social events (I’m mostly a party person but hey I’m in college) and talking to new people and what stopped me from doing that in the past was the fear of ridicule, pity or rejection I might face in response to my stutter, but I eventually realised that’s not a way to live and that if the only reason I’m stopping myself from doing what I want to do is because I speak funny then in the grand scheme of things it’s not a good enough reason to deprive myself from all that stuff. Socially I’ve never particularly had any issues forming friendships or relationships because I often go into it with the mindset that just because i stutter doesn’t mean I can’t be charismatic or confident these things are not mutually exclusive if anything the stutter just helps me make a lasting impression 🤷‍♀️. I generally adopt the speaking or in this case stuttering freely approach, because I’m gonna stutter no matter what so might as well let it happen as oppose to struggling and exhausting all my energy in a vain attempt to be a bit more fluent, for the most part my social interactions are pleasant because I always try to surround myself with good people and I try to come off as nice and approachable as possible to new people. Of course I still encounter the occasional asshole who pokes fun at me or is just out-right cruel but I gotta view it as they’re the problem here not me (seriously picking on a disability is low hanging fruit that person must have their share of insecurities in themselves to scoop that low, even if it is for a cheap laugh), everyone has something they would want to change mine just so happens to be quite obvious and fairly uncommon, but hey I’d rather someone say I talk weird which although a fact isn’t inherently a bad thing, than for them to dig deeper and target something else they could deem as a flaw in me 😅. In my experience people are often quick to defend me in these instances but I always try to make a point of fighting my own battles kinda thing but I do appreciate them looking out for me. Anyhow my stutter often changes in severity I would say typically it’s fairly moderate but I will have flare ups where it is quite severe and I struggle to get a single sentence out