I probably made a fool of myself but weirdly I'm proud of it

I probably made a fool of myself but weirdly I'm proud of it Last week I attended an international workshop in a foreign country. At the beggining of the workshop they asked everyone to introduce themselves on a microphone. Some people in there already knew me (because I have attended these type of events before) so I guess that's why they allowed me to introduce myself first. I started with the usual disclaimer that these introductions are hard for me, but because I was the first one I got a little bit cocky and forgot about speaking slowly so I started stuttering more and more (you know, that positive feedback loop when you start stuttering and start feeling ashamed/anxious so you stutter more and more). It was far from the best introduction that I have made. My stutter is very severe so I repeat consonants in every single word. Regardless, I pushed through. Kind of in the middle of the introduction I remembered to slow down and I got to the end saying everything that I needed to. My thought when I was done were that 'I should have done better, I'm represening my country in this thing. What are they going to think about us?'. But then I thought a little bit deeper and I thought... I AM representing my country. I am part of that country and I stutter, so in a way I was representing the whole stuttering community of my country and I felt really proud of this. During the rest of the workshop I participated actively and didn't really care about the stuttering so much. Everyone in the workshop was patient and made sure that my voice was heard. Now that I am back I feel really grateful for this whole experience and also proud of myself for being afraid and doing it anyway. I just wanted to share this with this community just in case it could help anyone. I wish everyone here to live their best life!