right, so, there's a couple of things we need to take a look at here. first of all, i'd like you to reflect on what exactly goes on "in your head" when you're speaking, or trying to speak, as it were. how does your inability to come up with something meaningful manifest? is it that you're having trouble choosing the right words? or that they're just not there? or that you're scared of saying them, because you feel you might stutter? or other unsettling phenomenas? second, there's no _normality_ in being good at talking to people. what i mean is, this might not be the result of you stuttering (which is what it'd be interesting to find out, of course). some people just don't speak a lot. however, if you feel it as a _problem_, you'd have to figure out _why_ that is. are you expecting something of yourself that isn't necessary? third, don't get too hitched up on "confidence". having confidence is good, if you're in situations where not having confidence would be bad. but we can't boil all human interaction down to "confidence". these _stress levels_ might indeed be entirely unrelated to your "confidence level". stuttering is a _stressor_. i think we all know that, but we shouldn't assume that there's something wrong with us _in addition to_ the stuttering. no need to setup "lack of confidence" as a key factor in your stuttering, you see?