Trouble making friends in college when I can't say my own name
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Trouble making friends in college when I can't say my own name I recently moved across the country for school. I've been able to develop a decent management of my stutter in a lot of situations, however, living in the same place for the past 18 years with roughly the same group of people, I forgot just how bad my stutter can be when I have to introduce myself. Literally every conversation that starts or leads to me having to say my name results in a minimum 3-second block where my face screws up until I'm finally able to release some sounds that are obviously not a good pronunciation of my name, leading the other person, confused, asking me to repeat myself (and this ordeal) until they've either a) understood it or b) just pretended to so they could walk away. Even if the conversation continues, my confidence becomes subsequently ruined so it doesn't last too long. So yeah, I can't say I've made any quality friends so far. Whenever I drink I never stutter (or so it seems) and so far the only quality time I've had with people here is when I'm under the influence and actually the person I believe I am (obviously not a good way to go about things). Of course, things always come back around during the week when I stutter and still have no friends. I guess I'm just posting here because I don't think anyone else in my life can really understand. My friends and family back home all believe it's just a matter of "taking things more slowly!" This isn't how I wanted things to go :/