Up until 3 months ago that was totally me. You can see in my post history I've come here to vent about how isolated and hopeless my stutter makes me feel. What you don't see is the posts on my alt account where it gets even deeper and darker, where I'm contemplating suicide. But now, 3 months later, I feel amazing, like I don't even recognise that guy. The only thing I changed was getting out to meet people. I started attending a "drinks and chat" type meet-up group. Every couple of weeks I'd chat to perhaps half a dozen people over drinks. Some of them I've gotten to know fairly well over time. What I learnt was my stutter isn't nearly as crippling as I thought. It's still slightly limiting (my stutter is pretty moderate and very noticable), but I'm still totally able to talk and get along with people. My stutter isn't anywhere close to crippling. I've even made friends, good friends, the type that'll reach out to me and ask to hang out of their own accord. My stutter isn't anywhere near as crippling as I thought it was. Actually something that sticks out to me is I've used self deprecating jokes like "ha ha I totally can't say a word" and the looks of confusion on peoples faces, like they totally don't get what I'm talking about, has really helped me to accept that my stutter is far, far, worse in my own head than it is in other's. And I feel this is still early days. In the new year I'm gonna be asking a girl out, that's a level of hope and confidence I'm riding on now that 3 months ago I wouldn't even have dreamed of. I really wish you all the best, I highly recommend you get out and meet people like that. Get a hobby, join a meet up group, do whatever.