I had the same realization recently, but it didn’t help me as much. I’d like to think I’m very successful for a 21 year old and I have stuttered my whole life. Despite my stutter never really getting in my way, I am still scared of it. I think I have been afraid of it for so long that it has become a habit. I feel like I have made great progress recently with my stuttering and my mental health in general, and yet every time I talk to a stranger I go right back to where I was before. It’s like it triggers something in my brain that says “be nervous, you’re about to stutter” and it happens before I can even realize it.