postr/StutterJune 11, 2020

just recorded a video interview and it sucked so i want to vent a bit

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just recorded a video interview and it sucked so i want to vent a bit i just recorded a video interview for an internship application and my stutter was sooooo bad. there were only 4 questions, 1 minute max each, and i could rerecord as much as i could! that sounds okay?? but nope. no matter how many times i re-recorded i still felt that tension and stress. i took multiple breaks, did breathing exercises, i still stuttered over about every other word. i did what i could and submitted it (they only gave me one day to record/submit) even tho my stutter was still extremely prominent. they had a written section that asked “anything else we should know” so i wrote in about my stutter, saying it’s not typically this bad and i included a transcript of my answers. idk if i should have done but i just felt an impulse to in the moment. i just wanted to type this all out bc im so frustrated. literally without recording i was alone so i spoke with almost perfect fluency, but the second i hit record i tensed up so hard. im beyond annoyed and upset. my stutter and relationship with it is usually not like this, but my anxiety and mental health have been really bad the past few months so there goes the sense of fluency i had worked on. i was genuinely okay with my stuttering the past two years and now i feel like i’m back to square one. and it just hurts feeling like this again. if anybody has stories or tips on dealing with anxiety or interviews i’d love to hear. and thank you for reading if u did!

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work

Subthemes

Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentSchool & Academic Life

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telephone_videoemotional_state