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First year college student with a stutter

First year college student with a stutter I'm a first year college student and I mostly stutter when talking to people who work at the college. I often try to talk with fluency but if I stutter I stop...

Best of luck. I was naïve when I was best man at a wedding. I was told at the table I had to make a speech seconds before they called my name to the mic. I made it short but still fumbled on the word...

Should I take the risk?

Should I take the risk? I am on the verge of changing my job,from being an IT developer to being a Central Banker.My current job requires me to do just coding and minimal talking.I took the job just b...

Thanks for the reply. I think my discomfort with being unable to say my name becomes really obvious and might push the other person away more than my stutter itself, so I'll definitely try what your t...

Good luck man. Don't be afraid to cut in with smiles and laughs if you block. Less tense and they'll think it's all a part of the act...

It's very unfortunate, I'm actually rather extroverted but my stutter makes me afraid to act on it. It's a fairly bad cycle but I've gotten better by just getting used to it and such, and knowing exac...

My therapist suggests telling people that you stutter right at the outset and preparing them for any blocks that might come. Just a casual, "just so you know I stutter, so I might get caught up someti...

Trouble making friends in college when I can't say my own name

Trouble making friends in college when I can't say my own name I recently moved across the country for school. I've been able to develop a decent management of my stutter in a lot of situations, howev...

Just like many others, I do not stutter when: singing, whispering, talking to myself, reading out loud. At night clubs, when I could not hear myself because of loud music, I would not stutter, my spee...

Worked at an IT call center in college for years. After a few weeks, I realized that most of my conversations were almost identical. I was saying the same things over and over again, "have you tried ...

Is there anyway to shorten your shift? 11 hours seems a bit extreme. But that depends on how high the call volume is. I can't really give you advice. I have worked in a call center and I definitely st...

Fine. Assuming everything you're saying is an accurate representation of your situation, and this is the ONLY job you have found in two years, go to work every day and power through your stuttering, y...

My Story + need a bit of advice (is stuttering a mental thing?)

My Story + need a bit of advice (is stuttering a mental thing?) Hi, I just feel like sharing my experiences with you guys and Im looking to get some advice. I started stuttering when I was a small k...

A stutterer working at a call center

A stutterer working at a call center After months of searching for a job, i finally got an offer to work at a call center answering calls. Now that is not the ideal job for a stutterer like me but im ...

I promise you it gets better. The older you get the less you care what others think and the less you worry about your stutter. I suggest challenging yourself to go out of your comfort zone and start ...

Nicely said :D My intent was, to explain that for some cases, mine included, this form of approach applies. I am the person that stutters for 23 years. At this moment, I can control my speech for 95%...

A few single statements about your comment: Everything we do creates habits. Those habits create lifestyle. You can only manage something that's present. There's only so much that we control. If you...

Young, lost, and looking for help.

Young, lost, and looking for help. Hello, people of reddit. My name is Leif in case you can't tell in my username, and I have had a stutter my entire life. I am 14 years of age, and already hating hig...

This is where I'm getting hung up too. I'm finally facing my avoidance behaviors over this past year, but am actually stuttering more as a result. Chaz, is this the stage you went through?...

Despite having become highly functional with a mild stutter after a few years of interventions, I still hate feeling my stutter coming on when starting a phone call. Just sitting and speaking to your...