I may have made myself sound a little more anti-social then I actually am. So my apologies! I am a social introvert. I like being around other people and doing group activities but it exhausts me to no end afterwords. I am not 100% sure why it exhausts me but always feeling on edge about what to say next could probably be a reason :) I also own a software consulting firm so I feel like I do enough talking during the day so the last thing I want to do on weekends is goes out and do that more. Yesterday was just one of those really rough days. It was been a super busy and stressful week at work which may have caused some of it. I stumbled across every phone call I had with a client and couldn't even talk at all to a guy on the street that was asking for bus money. All I could do was nod as he was telling me his life story. I DO agree with you 100% that hiding from our fears is not the right way to go. I realize the more I tend to stay to myself, the worse my stutter actually gets. The more I talk, the better off I usually am. Getting out there (at least for me) is one of the best things I can do - it starts to build my confidence up a little bit at a time. And thanks for taking the time to read and comment :) It means a lot.