Hi there, I really hope you feel better soon. I've battled anxiety about my stutter for soooooo long. I went to college and wondered if I'd really ever find a job. Who would want someone who stutters when surely they can find another candidate with good experience that doesn't? But I did get hired, and I've learned something incredibly important. **Our stutters are a WAY bigger deal to us than to other people.** We work it up in our minds to a severe, crippling degree because we're so insecure about it and fear that other people will take advantage of us like kids laughing at us in school. A colleague laughed when I was struggling recently. I was surprised and offended at first, but she showed no shame and stayed engaged in the conversation. And then I realized **she didn't care**, and probably expected that I didn't either. They don't know how big of a deal stuttering is in front of other people to us, but that's because it doesn't need to be a big deal. People don't care! And it really is humorous, deserving of a chuckle, when a competent individual can't say their name without stumbling. It's silly and dumb and doesn't really make sense, but it happens. My colleague knew that I wasn't an idiot. She didn't care that I stuttered. She wasn't really laughing at me, she was laughing at how stupid it is that a stutter can cause someone to look embarrassed for no good reason, just like slipping on a banana peel would. And in the case of job interviews specifically, one thing that might help relieve anxiety is to tell the interviewer ahead of time that you stutter. I know that I speak better when I'm relaxed, so getting it out of the way immediately can help. Also, hiring discrimination against stuttering is illegal, at least in the US but I expect in the UK too so if you really believe you're denied a job because you stutter, there may be legal action to take. You're clearly not an idiot. The key is realizing that other people don't think you are either, just because you talk differently.