commentr/StutterJune 4, 2020

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Thank you for the kind words of encouragement. I will always try to move forward and do my best not to let the constant rejections get to me but it's unfortunately taking a toll on me psychologically, which of course has a knock on affect on everything else in my life. I've always dreaded interviews but I've never backed away from one (actually, that's a lie, I turned down a 4 hour second round phone interview with Amazon before), it's just hard to get motivated to be continuously shot down. I've bombed in so many interviews that I've actually lost count, only the really bad ones stick in my mind, but I hate the way my stutter sort of derails the interview, even for a short time. For example, after revealing that I stutter in my last interview the interviewer started to emphasise how import communication was to him as I would have to work from home for a few months because of Covid-19. I assured him that it wouldn't be a problem but I could see the HR lady, who was listening in on the call, typing frantically on one of his screens from the reflection of his glasses. Anyway thanks again for your message of support and sorry for the mini rant, I just feel abit wounded from losing out on another job because of the way that I talk :/ (BTW: I'm 35 and have stuttered since I was around 5 due to a physically and mentally abusive school teacher) .

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career

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ordering_service_encounteremotional_state