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I've taken a ton of speech therapy with kaiser, had no luck. Tried a few speech pills years ago and they were worthless. Ive tried several breathing and singing excersises, again no luck. I've gotten to the point where I just speak how I want during conference calls when I'm doing presentations, same when I'm talking to anyone. I stutter a lot too. It's not a mild stutter, much more on the moderate to severe end. I have to maneuver around what I want to say and even then it doesn't work. I have a great high paying job and 20yrs in banking/finance but with that said, I know I could be so much further in my career without my stutter. It has definitely held me back as communication is incredibly important in my line of work. Oddly I've never had a manager shy away from making me speak or present even though its usually a train wreck. I have to hold conference calls and present weekly too. I have a very important interview at a well known fintech company in the bay area next week as well. I've prepared as much as I'm going to. Not overdoing it and I'm not going to stress about. I also can't tell the interviewer up front that I stutter because I will stutter heavy even when trying to communicate that. I just roll with whatever at this point. I've grown to the point where I don't care what people think or if I'm judged. I refuse to try and talk very slow as that seems to help. It's not me though, it's not who I am. I am outgoing and have a lot to say when asked questions. I will continue just being me.