Mishima compared stuttering to being a bird stuck in the mud. Your thoughts are capable of soaring to great heights, but you're stuck in the mud, unable to express your full potential. It's a description I've found all too accurate in times of great disfluency. I'm extremely fortunate that somehow I made a few very understanding friends that I feel I can fully express myself with. Oddly, one I met through a dating site and the other is the mom of an ex. I can't give you good advice on meeting those understanding people, as it's something I struggle with myself. Maybe it's a numbers game and you just have to keep pushing yourself to find those people, kinda like finding a person you're compatible with for a relationship? I know it's trite, but for dating, those people you do click with make going on all the mediocre dates worth it.