commentr/StutterJuly 28, 2019

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We'll all have to go through this one day, i don't know anything about your personal life so I'll talk about what worked for me and maybe it will apply to you. First, can you choose a decent job? One that you really enjoy? If you are like me and have no choice, we will have to take what comes up(and I live in Brazil where the unemployment rate is 12.4% so it is very difficult to find any job here), I basically had two options, supermarket or Mac Donald's, i had a interview for them both, stuttered in both interviews and was not called. But just from going after my job and facing the fear of the interview and tried out and get refused (probably because of stuttering and awkwardness) i felt better after reflecting, and i ran after a solution to stuttering, because running from it will never work, we all will have to talk to someone and report to someone and there is no escape. I still stutter today but it is less and I was lucky enough to find a job at home after some weeks i get rejected, but next month my boss is opening a shop on downtown and he wants me to take care for him, basically fulfill customers and orders and sell things, I'm afraid of having I have to meet several people, but if he trusts me, why don't I trust myself? personally i think the worst is not stuttering but the fear of stuttering that keeps us from doing the things we would like. Sorry for the outburst, i was planning ou put that on my journal but i read you post and who knows if this useful. \^\^

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career