I remember a time when I was too ashamed and embarrassed, or worried that if I talked about it openly, I’d somehow get labeled or it would get worse. All of those thoughts were a lie. Once I started talking openly about it, it weirdly started losing its ‘shame’ influence on me. It didn’t fix my stutter, but I started to feel more comfortable in my own skin, just by owning who I was and, warts and all… and THAT actually had a subtle impact my confidence, which seemed to make my speech blocks less common and devastating. My point is, it’s okay to talk about it. More than okay, even. You’ll probably be surprised to find that people are supportive and it doesn’t make them think any less of you. If they respond with anything negative, that’s a sign you should probably cut them out of your life anyway.