I've been stuttering my whole life, I'm 17 now and it really used to effect me in elementary school but now it doesn't effect me much. Of course I still have the usual avoidance of certain words, and it makes me self conscious because it makes me sound unnatural sometimes. I stutter with vowel sounds and I get anxiety around meeting someone new because of course my name has to start with a vowel. Other than those moments I'm still fairly confident. I still like giving presentations, talking to people and making comments in class. In general I am a pretty out there person so my stutter is just added to the list. I feel that everyone has something weird about them and this is my weird thing so I don't beat myself up too much. I'm confident in my abilities enough for my stuttering to not completely hold me back like it used to but it took some time.