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It only impacts your choice of career if you let it. My grandfather was a severe stutterer (I am too) and was held back in school because it was thought stuttering equals stupidity. He had a very pess...

36M here who has had a moderate stutter as long as I can remember. My main struggle is with blocking on sounds and words and it can be dehabilitating at times. Despite that, I have managed to gradua...

I went into an Introverted career path and managed to kick ass in it so far. Life is what you make it....

Life can be weird and you never know what twist and turns it has in store for you. I (39M) let my stutter dictate my life when I graduated high school. Looking back 20 years later I can objectively ...

Hope for the future

Hope for the future As someone with a mild stammer (17F) I’ve struggled to form close friendships and relationships. I am also worried about what my work life would look like. So if you’re older than...

Hi I was wondering as a (17F) with a mild stammer, does it get better? How is your work life with a stammer and if it’s not too personal, have you had successful relationships over the years? I am pet...

Drained

Drained Stuttering is so incredibly draining. It is something I think about every single second of the day. Every time I converse with someone I am always focusing on how fluent I am. And when I exper...

What worked best for me was breathing and drawing out sounds or tying one word to another (if I had to say bald, is say he's bald trying to tie he's and bald together). There was a video about stutter...

Next time you speak to her stutter more so she realises , I got the same thing with my colleagues as I got a new job . Its very hard to communicate and I often say broken phrases...

Misunderstanding

Misunderstanding Context: I have stuttering, a month ago, my stuttering was not severe, but then I started doing two jobs. And I didn't got time to exercises for my stuttering. I thought, I will st...

Yes and no, I tried many types of speech therapy, hypnotherapy worked best I feel. But out of everything the thing that helped me the most was getting a full time job in retail where I had to talk to ...

Hi Hombre, most of the interviews that I have done recently are more conversation based than bullet point questions. It never hurts to ask so that you can prepare! You'll most likely be communicating ...

Have any of you tried requesting interview accomodations in the form of receiving the questions before hand?

Have any of you tried requesting interview accomodations in the form of receiving the questions before hand? Like most of us, I have such a hard time during interviews. The anxiety and stress of them ...

The only impact it has had is the impact I have allowed it to have. When I left school I was nervous and didn't want to talk to people. I started a business and tried to communicate via Email and AIM...

Saving for rentals is the dream and while many do it, many more fail. It is simple in concept but hard to carry out. I was very restrictive on my spending - in every way. My wife was the same way a...

I retired not because of stuttering but for other personal reasons (had to move the family, had some minor medical matters that made working at a desk less desirable) but mostly because I was lucky to...

Stuttering and cluttering are my main problems when it comes to interviews and pretty much conversations in general....

It totally impacts your choice of career, all I've ever had is low paid unskilled work, mainly driving jobs where I'm more or less alone most of the time.. Many tears ago I really wanted to be a dr...

I see...well, It reassures me. I'm happy you didn't get negatively impacted at work because of stuttering, hope my bosses can do the same. Thank you and wish you all the best...

Nice story, dude! Thank you for sharing to us. In Brazil, it's very unusual to spent less money as possible during your working years for invest all in rentals and then get retired early. I notice tha...