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commentr/StutterApr 14, 2024
7 points

Exactly what I was gonna say. Getting a job that forced me into speaking situations has really improved my self-esteem and I’ve started stuttering less. I’ve even started making my coworkers laugh ca...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHope & Motivation
postr/StutterApr 13, 2024
37 points

10+ interviews rejections

10+ interviews rejections Got rejected after giving 10-11 interviews in a span of 2 -3 months, mostly because of stutter. Feeling awful...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
postr/StutterApr 13, 2024
1 points

Rejected for 10+ interviews

Rejected for 10+ interviews Got rejected after giving 10-11 interviews in a span of 2 -3 months, mostly because of stutter. Feeling awful...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
6 points

This is great advice. Back in high school I had a job as a cart attendant at a country club one summer and it helped a lot. Not completely, my social skills are something I am working on to this day, ...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
11 points

Go get a job that forces you to speak a decent amount. Not just to coworkers but strangers as well. It's like going to the gym and getting your reps in every day. Stray away from the isolated jobs. Th...

School & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Employment & CareerVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterApr 13, 2024
2 points

Have a conversation with your teacher about it. When I was in high school, I powered through a few of these type of presentations. I have a block stutter so no matter how much I prepared, it never wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2024
2 points

How do you know you got rejected because of your stutter?...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2024
2 points

All good bro, that job wasn’t for you of those were the requirements Simple. You will sure find a better one where people are not concerned about the stutter they see your work & value....

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 12, 2024
8 points

So not directly. But they liked my past experience a lot and then in the job screening I was tripping over a lot of words and after a certain point they were kinda checked out. So communication was ev...

School & Work
Employment & Career
postr/StutterApr 12, 2024
48 points

Rejected to a job

Rejected to a job Just got rejected to a job purely on the basis of my stutter. I knew this was gonna happen, but I still feel very frustrated now, due to getting a confirmation today....

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerShame & EmbarrassmentFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterApr 11, 2024
5 points

That's so amazing that you're conquering your fear and overcoming your obstacles, it's truly wonderful to hear other people are able to do that because it gives me hope for my son, who also has a stut...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
2 points

In my last job interview, I knew I had what they wanted, and I had been rejected already by one department due to my stutter. The guy even told the hiring department he thinks my speech will be a safe...

School & WorkSocial & Relationships
Employment & CareerDisclosure & Telling OthersPower Dynamics & Intimidation
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
17 points

God I think about this all the time. I feel like I was born a natural leader, outgoing and outspoken and I would have made an excellent motivational speaker of some sort, or just would have done somet...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyIdentity & Self-PerceptionEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

I wish it was...but then you dont wanna claim disability incase it jeopardizes something you wanna do in the future. Just fake it til you make it...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
2 points

This has happened to me over the past few months. I am in my late-20s, and I never struggled with stuttering or similar speech issues in adulthood before, though I did need to work with a speech patho...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

I was hoping there was another way, but this is exactly what my speech therapist told me in university. Now I’m a lawyer, and I don’t feel like I can just let myself stutter in court. I guess I will c...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Feared Words & NamesEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 10, 2024
1 points

There's usually an instance where you can clear your doubts about how to fill the form. I usually ask them the same question and they always tell me to put 'No'....

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
3 points

My stutter doesn’t stop me at all. I see these questions when applying for a job and I’m wondering....

School & Work
Employment & Career
postr/StutterApr 9, 2024
9 points

Is Stutter an “official” disability?

Is Stutter an “official” disability? I’m talking about checking the boxes when asked on job applications and the like....

School & Work
Access & RightsEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterApr 9, 2024
6 points

Same problem here... 35Years old now. People use me sometimes because of my stuttering, they all think i'm dumb. Now In september i'm going back to school for my bachelor ICT/cybercrime. It scares m...

School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerHope & MotivationAcceptance & Pride