Damn, i thought my situation was bad. i also get really nervous when talking to strangers, it really sucks Something that helped me with talking to strangers is to bring a extroverted friend! There already the masters at socializing so they always have a way to bring me in the coversation I only play multi player games with my friends (im really happy i have some good friends because without them i think i would go crazy) and if i stutter to much i just don't talk for a couple of minutes and when i have the confidence i try to talk again! I really hope that you're stutter becomes less because you're situation is definitely worse that mine. This is also why i normally don't like complaining about stuff, there are always people that have it worse.