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Me too! I once tried to wish that I was born mute instead of being able to barely speak. There’s an urge that I want to express myself and recite to class, but I can’t do it. Speaking is basically human nature, but I can’t. It is now worse since I am entering adulthood, where soon I will get a job and be interviewed. Some people I talk to say that many companies don’t care about your degree and achievements; it is about your ability to present yourself—through speaking, communicating, and socializing with others. So I came to the conclusion that I can’t present my current self in that kind of work, and it keeps me stressed and pressured that I must be that guy different from now on, ×100 better approximately. However, I try to remind myself that I’m a human being who isn’t perfect. I do sin, stutter, have social anxiety, socially anxious, can’t get a love life, a job (later on, hahaha, I need money), etc., so you are. I know, just like me, you battle this thing every single day. The small steps we can both do, try to connect with the right people where we know they can understand us; they will not judge us like what companies do. Be human; let us keep fighting! We can’t probably cure it, but we can reduce stuttering, and soon we will embrace it and love it. We can improve every single day; try to expose yourself; I am guilty of it. Try exposure therapy, where you will expose yourself to a stranger every single day. With that, you can socialize, connect with others, and it will help you combat your speech disorder, stutter, etc. We can do it!