Has anybody ever been to AIS? If so, how'd it go? Additionally, I have career fair Tuesday (and am applying to internships) and I'm nervous as hell
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Has anybody ever been to AIS? If so, how'd it go? Additionally, I have career fair Tuesday (and am applying to internships) and I'm nervous as hell Hello, I start at AIS next week, I have my consultation Monday. I'm excited but a little nervous. Has anybody ever worked with AIS? How did it go? Did you stuttering improve? Second.. I had a horrific stuttering problem my entire childhood and going into high school. Towards the tail end of high school and at graduation, it was literally gone. I had no issues whatsoever. I ended up going to college and becoming the biggest social butterfly. I started in August 2018 but ended up taking a leave of absence bc I wasn't too thrilled to be there and I got offered to stay at U of Southern California with a friend for free. I dropped out, moved, and went to USC, and built a marketing business. I had to pitch to people, talk to clients, etc - it was great! This was 2018-2020. During lockdowns, I started to stutter a bit and it wasn't anything noticeable to an outsider. I decided I wanted to go to law school so I re-enrolled into college for Fall 2022 and I had to give a presentation on Zoom for one of my classes. "Okay guys M.........m.........m.......yyyyyyy nnnnnnnnnnnnnnname" - It came back, BAD. That 3 minute presentation turned into 30 minutes. 10x longer. I hadn't stuttered like that I was a freshman in high school, 8 years earlier. Ever since then, my stuttering has been very bad. It's made me become a shell of myself. I'm not calling anywhere. I'm not ordering food, I'll order it through an app. I'm not talking in class or to people. Etc. For this recent election, I sat on my couch debating if I should go down and humiliate myself and vote or not. That's when I realized I had a true problem. Ever since, I've gotten connected to AIS and began putting myself in more social situations, etc. However, I have career fair on Tuesday. We have to speak to 10 employers. They literally verify with employers who you talked to. I don't have an option. Not to mention, I have to co-op/intern before I graduate. It makes me literally sick to my stomach when I think about it. It's been incredibly hard from going from stuttering, to thinking I conquered it, to then it being worse it's ever been at 25. Idk, I'm kind of at a loss for words or what to do or say.