postr/StutterNovember 11, 2024

Adults, was your job/career influenced by your stutter?

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Adults, was your job/career influenced by your stutter? I graduated college a few years ago. Now, I'm working at job that makes decent money. It really just kind of happened - I didn't really think too much on it, as I just had a lot of fun along the way with great people. I didn't think of my stutter as a barrier to where I am right now - only as a barrier in conversations at the moment Recently, I've been thinking if I will be doing this job as my career. With these thoughts, I remembered the limitations that I put on myself when I was in highschool, thinking, "There is no way I'm gonna be a public speaker or a lawyer... I will stutter my ass off". Looking at today, I am neither of those things. So, when I entered college... I still chose to major what was interesting, but I feel like those small little steps that I took along the way were guided by my fear of stuttering. To put it simply, **would my job/career been drastically different if I never had a fluency disorder?** For me, I would say yes. Knowing my personality right now, I probably would've done something more in a leadership position - somewhere I could hold a lot of power with my words. Enough of me... how about you? Do you think your adult life right now was influenced by fluency disorder? Do you think you would've been in a different spot in life if you never had it? [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/1gp90j1)

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School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Employment & CareerHelplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-Perception