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I did not cure my stutter. I still stutter. Sometimes pretty severely. What has changed tho is all the things I was scared of doing, now do all the time. I give presentations all the time. I work a jo...

Tf are you talking about? Who says i‘m not struggling with it? I still struggle to do normal tasks like talking to people, ordering food, making phone calls etc....

Practice on zoom , professionals, remote workers

Practice on zoom , professionals, remote workers Hey all! I'm curious to see if folks would be up for having some video chats on Zoom to practice speaking. I tend to have a lot of high stress Zoom me...

Question: Did you disclose first? I bombed so many job interviews because I was more focused on my speech until I started disclosing, and then it became easier because NOW that I got it out there,...

Oh I’m so sorry you had a bad interview. Perhaps you gained hints how to provide more positive data about your qualifications. This is very hard. Employment is very important to our self value. Being ...

interview today

interview today More like a rant. Had an interview today of tech position. Was struggling so hard despite questions asked weren't that hard. Regret not showcasing work that is more aligned with her ne...

So I should add that I've tried several anti psychotic medications for treatment and caplyta was the best one for me so far. I'm still not 100% fluent and struggle with speaking to new people or in sp...

The Marine Corps disqualified me from joining because of my stutter. I gotta get a waiver for it and its gotta be approved by 3 people a major, colonel, and 2 star general. So far its been approved by...

Ive been trying to join the marines since june of last year. Got dq’d at meps for my stutter. Still trying to get a etp waiver for it....

I always thought not being able to speak clearly and consistently would disqualify you, but maybe it just disqualifies you from combat roles or communications? Genuinely thought that was a disqualifie...

My restaurant promoted me from busboy to waiter. Less physical work, better pay. I asked to go back down to busboy after 2 months. Every fucking day, "Hey guys, how ya doin, welcome to ____ , I'm __...

Why would the military disqualify someone for that? Been in service for 8 yrs now and i love it. Granted i work behind a computer most of the time and the odd brief here and there, which i hate with u...

I finished university and had always dreaded having to compete professionally( psychology). I considered myself very fortunate to have married a professional man at a time when being a homemaker was a...

I’m an electrician and besides the blue collar jabs I get for being a dyslexic guy with a stutter it doesn’t effect me and I make crazy good money....

I’m just stubborn and push through it. I also found that the way to overcome people’s perceptions if it is by being so competent that they can’t ignore you because of your stutter. Interviewing via zo...

> I stayed at same position longer than I wanted just because i was comfortable and didn’t want to interview and meet new people. That's me right now. I've even turned down interviews for jobs that I...

I've been affected a lot. If it weren't for this, I'd probably be a sports journalist/commentator. Even as a software engineer, I tend to avoid promotions that involve a lot of interactions, so becomi...

Yeah, when i joined the military i was not allowed to join certain fields, communications for example, but maybe Lt was for the best…?...

Yeah, i can how it can become a self-fulfilling “trap” In my job, we dealt with national security issues and DHS and frequently used radios that blasted over the entire airport. I always felt like i...

Absolutely. There are certain career paths im disqualifyed from, such as air traffic controller or police dispatcher. And anything that involves public speaking I have to avoid. I've had to get jobs t...