commentr/StutterOctober 2, 2024

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I man i hope you are having a great day. You know, I feel and understand your struggle, i have been stuterring since I was a little kid and even though ive had speech therapy, I has not improved a lot. I really feel your situation right now, there are days where I have felt completely powerless feeling bad about myself due to my stuttering. Wondering if I would ever get a job of I would be able to live a completely life. There a times where I really doubt about my self. But I have been learning new things over the years, one of those things is that people dont really care about your stuttering. That does not mean they wont laugh or make a silly face when you stutter in front of them, but remember its a human reaction. We as stutterers tend to think people are always judging us. We create our own limits. Im telling you to stop thinking you have to get a job where you dont talk at all, thats not a real solution. I recommend you that at the very start of the interview you tell the interviewer that you have a stuttering problem but you hope it wont affect the interview. Im gonna tell you my own personal experience. I work for my father as a legal translator but now he has a chronical disease and cant go to the office no more, so he told me I was in charge of his business from now on. So now, i have to do all the stuff he did, which a big majority involves speaking with his clients. And I still stutter in front of them but I have no other choice, I have to work. Additionaly, Im in law school, which is pretty ironic because lawyers have to do a lot of talking. Just imagine a stuttering lawyer hahah. But dont you ever give up, keep applying for interviews until you get a job. I know you will get a job, just keep trying and trying and trying. Its difficult man, I know but no one will save from your life. As stutterers we may feel a lot of self pitty but remember you have 2 choices: 1. You live the life you want even though you stutter. 2. Feel bad about yourself for your whole life for something you cant even control. You are strong man, Im proud of you. Dont let stuttering control your life, learn to live with it. I would to end with the quote of the fastest marathon runner in the world: "No human is limited".

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Social & RelationshipsCommunity & SupportEmotional Experience

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Disclosure & Telling OthersValidation & EmpathyHope & Motivation

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