Stuttering killed my social life

Stuttering killed my social life For years now I have difficulty introducing myself to people because I have to take a long pause in my speech to say my name. People have made fun of it by saying "you don't know your name?" and since I was 13 years old I haven't gone out of my way to meet new people. I've realized this has also made me ignorant of people's feelings and all I've really been focusing on is myself. To this day I haven't met people who are familiar with stuttering and this makes me very awkward in public settings. For the longest I have only had friends in school and outside school I've always had myself as company.