I have a stutter and travelled to overseas alone, stayed in a hostel with randoms and met a lot of fun people. Sort of an AMA + story post

I have a stutter and travelled to overseas alone, stayed in a hostel with randoms and met a lot of fun people. Sort of an AMA + story post So pretty much I'm just like everybody else here, we're not entirely different, but it'd be a lie to say we're ordinary compared to others. Summed up, I have (had) trouble talking to people. Whenever I wanted to order something, I'd get a friend to do it. I'd have my mum call up stores for me. I'd avoid everything. A few weeks ago I decided to travel alone in a hostel. I'm a teenager still, so I knew what I was prepared for. A lot of other people there were also travelling alone. I just put myself out there. I hardly, hardly remember stuttering. When drunk, I can't recall stuttering once. I literally just said what I wanted. I've been home for a few days now and I feel comfortable talking to people. I asked someone at the gym about how to correctly do a certain weight lift, I went to my school and asked how to do a certain paperwork, I ordered what I desired at my local takeout store and I had a conversation with a random man on the street. Of course I do feel that stutter feeling in my mind, but it's so much less of an issue now. Overall, maybe you could try solo travelling in backpacker hostels and just forget about your normal life and release your stresses. A lot of people don't care about your problems and they're genuinely interested. I told one or two people and they said they would have never noticed that I had a stutter. Also, just to add, for the first time in my life I met another guy who stuttered on this trip. I could tell he was a party pooper about it though, so if you do decide to go, just let loose, people are genuinely interested! Ask me anything about this topic! :)