Im an extrovert at heart, one time in my life I had many friends and an outgoing life. Now because of my stutter I am an insecure, paranoid and frightened stuttering mess. I feel like a fragile leaf around other people. My stutter have gone from mild to severe over the past years. The older I get, the worse my stutter becomes, all the thousands of akward situations have cumulated into a form of PTSD. So, I know what you are feeling, trust me!