postr/StutterJune 6, 2022

Got my first job!

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Got my first job! I've been stuttering my whole life but during the pandemic it's just getting worse as we start online school. I took Graphic Design for my degree and for the last 2 semester it has been hard since everything was online. My stutter just kept worsen day by day and it kinda made me worried how do I gonna apply for job after finishing school. Fast forward to last February, I finished my degree and it's time for job hunting. Because of the pandemic, most of the company I applied hold their interview session online. Every time I fill in the application, my mind keep thinking about the interview session, how I'm gonna do, what do I do to hide this stutter yada yada. When I started getting callbacks for a interview session, god knows how nerve wreaking I was just thinking about it but of course ya boy need a job so I just went for it. Most of the time I controlled my stutter pretty good. Its just sometimes when I felt like I can't hold it anymore, I just let it slip and mostly they looked like they didn't care and just kinda continue with the session. And..finally I got the job! at one of the my dream company as their Graphic Designer of course. It took a couple of job interview for me to get accepted for this job and not gonna lie my confident does went down because I started to doubt myself like they didn't want to hire me not because my skills but because of my stutter :/ Some people said job like graphic designer aren't suitable people who's stutter but I'd say just go for it and keep trying!

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentHope & Motivation

Codes (2)

emotional_statesocial_pressure