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Hell yeah! I get hella nervous before interviews too, and I’ve found that calling out my stutter at the very beginning makes all the difference. Shows vulnerability, builds trust, gets the interviewer...

Job hunt

Job hunt Hello, I just graduted from university and looking for job in IT area. I have a stuttering since middle school, so pretty much half of my life. My stutter gets worse when I am anxious or stre...

Struggling A lot

Struggling A lot I’ve tried numerous things with my speech and today it was just the worst it’s been. I had a call with someone and I couldn’t complete a single sentence without any repetition or bloc...

Propranolol was a game changer for my public speaking anxiety. It doesn’t directly help with the stutter, but I’m less nervous and stutter less because of it. And when I do stutter, it bothers me les...

SSRIs are a medication class that are a daily long-term medication to decrease speaking anxiety. It has to be taken every day and you don’t feel the effects for 4-6 weeks. Celexa is the most effective...

My crush asked me why I'm so quiet and I'm kind of upset about it

My crush asked me why I'm so quiet and I'm kind of upset about it Don't get me wrong, 9 times out of 10, people don't have any bad intentions when asking that. It's just that when I was younger, if s...

This just happened to me. Stuttered over like 5 words in a group presentation and I had friends in my group 💀 so I feel like I let them down. It was so weird because I did another presentation two we...

TLDR : I felt the same way, but you are doing yourself a disservice by bearing that mindset. Improve yourself and if you have your moments so be it. (24M), I'll say the one thing that helped me beco...

Dude I'm also 16M and I can guarantee you won't die alone. I'm shy but I used to be even more shy and even though I still stutter (especially in class) it gets better. I try not to let it hold me back...

It’s kinda hard to do that cause I can’t really control anxiety and frustration on the spot, my mind at that time just thinks about speaking and not stuttering, even tho it’s not working....

Be more open with your teacher and classmates you have a stutter. It’s very freeing. Laugh it off. Disarm the negative thoughts you have and anxiety you have about that moment....

Blocking is frustrating, totally get it:( Your head movements aren't weird, just part and parcel of the block. Only advice is try to be mindful in the moment and don't let fear/anxiety take over. Noti...

Shy, 16M stutterer, and I feel like I will die alone.

Shy, 16M stutterer, and I feel like I will die alone. This is one of my biggest fears. Even though my stutter is not that severe is still kinda painful to see guys my age already having a girlfriend o...

Yes, disclosing one's stutter is the way to do it. People aren't used to speaking with a person who stutters and, like you said, that may lead to misunderstandings. Fear will always be present in some...

Almost normal speech adult going back to stuttering when upset

Almost normal speech adult going back to stuttering when upset I used to stutter quite bad as a kid, it improved so much as soon as I left home at 18, I think it was caused by having some trauma at h...

I prefaced I had a stutter with my last two jobs I got and 100% recommend. Not telling them leaves a lot of room for interpretation of me being nervous or not confident in my answers, as you know. Tha...

I'm trying to make a video about it for stuttering awareness day but whenever I know there's a camera I stutter more, does anyone have any advice on how to relax yourself?...

Congratulations! Ive been seeking for a better high paying job for 4yrs now. And like you, i stutter severly in my interviews. I cant seem to find employers that will overlook my stutter....

Stuttered throughout the whole interview. Still got the offer.

Stuttered throughout the whole interview. Still got the offer. I won't write a wall of text about my life story, the job, or the company. I just wanted to share this to hopefully give some of you hope...

EMS & Fire // Stuttering

EMS & Fire // Stuttering 28M moderate/mild stutter categorized by heavy prolonged blocks. I work for a major metropolitan fire department in a major northern US city. I’ve been running medical/fire...