Are there any doctors or surgeons here who stutter ? I need a honest advice
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Are there any doctors or surgeons here who stutter ? I need a honest advice So this is my first post ever in this sub reddit , so here goes a little introduction, Im 17 years old , im a senior in high school , i will finish high school in less than a year , and i have always wished to go to a medical school since like secondary school , with hopes of becoming a surgeon (hopefully neurosurgeon) one day. My favourite subjects are chemistry and biology (mainly anatomy , human physiology , nervous system are some of the topics in bio that interests me). I always get high grades in these two subjects. But this is where my stammer comes into play , i ve been a person who stutterers since the age of 12 or 10 , i always have dreamt of being a doctor as a little kid. But at this age, ive started fearing my stammer and im starting to doubt my abilities due to it. Doctors is the profession where you have to be fluent and articulate to sound professional(in my point of view ) and i know most pre -med students take this thing for granted. But this is the only thing i fear , i dont have any anxiety about difficulty of a subject or something like that which most other students do. I ll do fine or maybe excellent in written exams, im pretty confident about that, my written communication i believe is pretty strong in biological terms. But , At Medical schools , one also has to do presentations , viva exams , and in third year of MBBS i guess, you start to work in clinics and patient interaction starts. All of this is really anxiety provoking for me right now. I feel like my stutter will negatively affect these things. Also my social life , i fear not being able to make new friends at medical school. Despite all of these things that i fear right now , i still wanna pursue medicine as career for my entire life. I just wanna know if this grand goal of me being a neuro surgeon is even a realistic one with me being a person who moderately stammers (blocks) . I also dont want to change career paths due to which i might have regrets later in adulthood. At this stage in my life , im so under pressure and double minded. I wanna do great things in life and achieve my goals and ambitions even despite my disability but i feel like i cant. I do realize that one who stutterers has to be a bit realistic though , there are certain career paths you shouldnt pursue (news reporter, air traffic controller ) I know this was a bit of a long post , so thank you for reading it , i really do appreciate it.