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commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
5 points

It's very rewarding and it can also be very draining at times. You must appreciate what you do everyday to do this job long term. It is social work so you also have mandatory yearly trainings and me...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
14 points

Engineering manager in tech, struggling sometimes when i need to say something super specific in english which is my second language...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
14 points

Can you please share your journey of managing stutter? How do you managed it under pressure and its effect on your career?...

School & WorkCauses & Variability
Employment & CareerStress & Fight/Flight
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
10 points

Ooh. Can you tell me about your career in social work? I was laid off recently and have been considering going into it. How'd you like it? Was it rewarding or draining? How'd you deal with your stutte...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
19 points

Product manager at a tech company. I speak on zoom calls all day and I struggle through some of them, especially to larger audiences, but I've gotten better with practice....

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
20 points

I work TSA (airport security.) It's nice because I, for the most part, say the same thing a lot, so I can visualize what I am saying. I always enjoy challenging myself, so I have been a trainer sin...

School & WorkTherapy & Professional
Employment & CareerTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
142 points

I am a National Trainer for the largest medical facility in the country and I train medical professionals every other week (doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, etc) with 4 hour PowerPoint ...

School & Work
Employment & CareerPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
32 points

I'm a corporate event, portrait, and food photographer. Requires speaking but usually just in a one-on-one or small group situation. Lots of my clients are long-term, and I'm way more comfortable arou...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 14, 2024
46 points

I am a VP at a medium-sized NGO (#2 in the chain of command). But I would say that my stutter is relatively mild. I spend time in virtual and phone calls all day. I will have to make presentations a c...

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2024
7 points

As a hostess, you should prepare yourself for ANY type of customer and always have a few quips ready to react with. Some people enter a place angry or start fighting their spouse minutes after being s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 13, 2024
1 points

Even alcohol has the same effect. I'd be lying if I said that I haven't considered giving interviews with a couple of bottles down...

Meds & SubstancesSchool & Work
Recreationa substances (e.g. Alcohol, Cannabis)Employment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
2 points

Lawyer up. Anyone with disabilities should be intimately aware of your local labor laws. Learn them. Call them out by full name on social media and in the lawsuit. Raise hell. Take no prisoners. Just ...

School & Work
Access & RightsEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
20 points

Definitely not brother, you are a stutterer, not incapable, it is much more a question of adaptation than of ability, I teach debate and oral arguments in a course for college students, I warn that I ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Identity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
5 points

You’re right, it is like an accent to some degree. But this doesn’t change the fact that now my coworkers are gonna think something is wrong with me. I’m worried my boss is gonna think I’m incapable o...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
3 points

This happened to me in work but my boss made fun of me ! I just quit my job but I reported them. I hope you’re okay!...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
5 points

I’m sorry this happened to you bro. I basically went through the same thing at my last job, it’s so fucked up. These two employees were laughing at my speech, so I reported them to HR. Then during m...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
3 points

I’m a civil engineer with a focus in hydrology and hydraulics, pretty technical stuff. I also have a minor stutter that I’ve had all my life. I see technical problem solving as a confidence boost rath...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Overthinking & MonitoringIdentity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
15 points

What type of jobs? Do they require social interactions or is it just the interview part that you find intimidating? If I was you, I'd write a letter and bring it along to the interview. It might alle...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & WorkSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerQuality of Life
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
6 points

Hi ! First : you are very brave, because it need a lot of guts to endure that. I think that what you experience, many here have experienced. The start of a professional career and social interaction ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesEmployment & Career+2 more
commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
12 points

I've unfortunately come to accept shit like this. Not in the sense that I wouldn't either threaten to sue or just walk out. But I don't even get mad anymore it's happened so much. Maybe I'm getting ol...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionFrustration & AngerHelplessness & Agency+3 more