Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of.
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Peoples experiences with therapy? Need to find a new job but I don't know what I'm capable of. First of all my stutter can sometimes go unnoticed other times definitely not. It's more in my head because I sometimes speak slow and know when a word wont come out, so I quickly change the word. I get by okay most of the time if its just general chit chat about random stuff. However where I'm struggling most is the situations where I need to say a specific word, number, location, name etc. you get the idea. The place that's worst for this is work. It took me well over a year to find a permanent job after leaving college. I've been working at a very small CNC engineering company, the business itself is a mess surprised how it even runs. My concern is that I'm just stuck here, its only minimum wage which is okay for now but long term I do worry. Right now I just can't see myself doing what everyone else in my family has done like a proper city job earning good money etc, interviews especially for apprenticeships get so many applications, have an endless amount of stages and are highly competitive. They normally get to a point which involves some kind of presentation or speech, which would just be embarrassing for myself, and I've always had it in my head that anyone would rather hire a non stutterer and not only would I not feel comfortable in anything customer or client facing but a business wouldn't want me making a mess of myself or being awkward as its not exactly 'professional'. Even interviews I struggled I tell them before the interview, but whenever I do lose my words it just comes across like I'm not confident/prepared or like I don't know what I'm talking about (I've literally been unable to say my own name before) which is obviously a red flag for an employer and its just soul crushing, I had multiple interviews some were absolute car crashes others not so bad, but I still don't get to say everything I want or should, and that's the hardest thing for me I come across weird, awkward maybe even autistic like I don't know what to say or use the wrong words but I always know what to say.