So pretty much I’m 18M and I seem to be having social problems. It’s really hard because it’s preventing me from doing stuff with my family and friends. I have always been somewhat nervous and anxious about hanging out or being around people since I have a stutter but now it’s almost extreme. Ever since Covid started I have missed 2 baby showers in my family and I’ve been invited to go places with friends and family, and it’s not that I don’t want to go. I would really like to go to these things but Im too nervous or anxious and my stutter adds on to that, I don’t know which it is but it’s something.
I guess pretty much what I’m trying to get to is, I wanna start doing things again but I’m scared and I don’t know what to do. I’m missing out on moments and fun that I could be creating and it seems like my stutter, anxiousness and nervousness keeps getting worse. And it’s messing with me because of all that I’m missing out on, and i can’t even make new friends and with some that I have it feels like we’re drifting apart plus sometimes I’ll just start crying because I feel like I can’t do anything. Any advice would help