I echo a lot of the sentiments on here. I’m 27 and have been stuttering since I can remember. Attended lots of speech therapy, had bfs, friends, and the like but rarely interact with others who stutter. I can definitely relate to the loneliness because you just want someone to understand you since everyone takes fluency for granted. But you aren’t defined by your stutter. You aren’t a stutterer, you’re just someone who stutters. Try to make life decisions based off what you hold valuable as a person, not by your stutter. I picked a job my 18 year old self would be terrified to even attempt and surely would’ve thought I’d fail at. Growing more confident in who you are and not how you sound lessens anxiety in social situations and lessens your stutter. Honestly the less you focus on it and the more you grow into who you are and want to be, the less it’ll effect you and the isolation you feel. The slight shift in focus from how I am different and what I lack to what I can give and the similarities I have to those who support me made all the difference.