commentr/StutterSeptember 23, 2021

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Your situation feels very familiar to the one i was in when I started university. When i started studying journalism, i hadn’t actually taken therapy yet and I was still a stuttering mess. I recommend that you start as soon as possible with therapy, like I did. Just remember that it’s absolutely possible to make it in the field of media with a stutter. The first year is going to be very rough, but just try to make friends and fight your way through. You’ll have to face your fears eventually and now would be a great time. You’ll absolutely have to throw yourself before the lions, but it will get better if you stick through it. What really helped me was the realization that me and my stutter are not the same. My stutter says nothing about how i am as a person. It’s just an inconvenience that sometimes pops up. See the difference between your troubles to speak fluently and your personality. Also a really difficult realization i had to accept was that our stutter is both our greatest enemy and our best friend. It’s the thing we hate (especially if you haven’t desensitized yet), but it’s also the perfect scapegoat to blame for all your mistakes. Sometimes things are genuinely difficult, and yes your stutter is making it a little bit harder, but public speaking is a skill that takes practice for everyone. It’s still university. For me it’s standard practice to inform my teachers about my stutter as soon as possible, just so they know and you can work around it, together.

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Therapy & ProfessionalSchool & WorkSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability

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Seeking TherapySchool & Academic LifeDisclosure & Telling OthersIdentity & Self-Perception