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I’m in my 30s and take the same approach as you to my stuttering! Thanks for sharing. Some days I feel like I’m the only one managing a career and stuttering but I remind myself that’s just my inner d...

Experience from a 40 year old…

Experience from a 40 year old… Long post here… I’m 40. My stutter generally comes with certain word blocks. Most people don’t know that I have a stutter since I’ve learned to mask it well over the y...

If its something you want to do, definitely go for it ! As hard as it can get some days, you'll get challenging days with every job you do. That's how I view it anyways. When I started this job I was...

Jeez man, that's a huge accomplishment. I'm looking to move into a speaking intensive job and it's absolutely horrifying for me....

In person is the way to go. And then making in person contacts to the overkill stage. It will be arduous at first, but it's worth it. Desensitization therapy works. It's CBT, and that has a good track...

You can bro. I've been working in a call centre full time for the past 10-11 months. It's been my first and actual job at full time with a stutter. Some days I feel like walking out and calling it q...

Ah okey Its my first time in this job so the first few weeks i gotta get eingeschult/learn all the stuff And even if i would be sick for a while, it would prop come back Imma power trough now and s...

Well, I have done some therapies and my emploeyer had no problems with that, i was simply "krankgeschrieben" from my doctor for 3 weeks....

how you guys are facing the interview or else presentation.

how you guys are facing the interview or else presentation. I am M in my childhood. I don't give presentations or other speaking activities because I know what will happen when I do that. Some people ...

What do you do for work ? I feel the same way. Sometimes I'll get a cramping in my chest and think that's it, this is the moment I'll die. It never is and my heart is healthy but it just feels so hea...

Congrats! Employers care about a whole lot more than whether or not you take a bit longer to get your words out. They must've seen lots of qualities that make you a good fit for the job. :-)...

I’ll add that the first 2 departments I applied to didn’t hire me specifically because of my stuttering. The third department hired me, I gave them 7 years of which I was on SWAT for 4 years, 3 of ...

Thank you and I thought about it. He is kind of unreasonable and might involve HR to offer ‘reasonable accommodation’. He might ask to send written communication which is really bad for my self esteem...

I would outline your concerns about presentations, etc., candidly to your manager and explain that the work itself is not a problem, you are uncomfortable with the amount of public speaking this PM ro...

AMEN so that. That’s a hell of a ballsy move. I’m a lawyer and I chickened out of litigation practice because I’m too scared to face talking in court. Even though I know I’d be an amazing litigator. M...

Do you still stutter? How long have you been stuttering before? Why is it that you give your fluent wife a hard time for being afraid of speaking in front of a crowd? Did your race play a factor in g...

Handling presentation anxiety?

Handling presentation anxiety? How do you manage anxiety when presenting for work? I'm relatively new and much younger than my peers, I feel like my stutter just makes me feel even more lesser than ...

You need to own who you are. That means even laughing at yourself sometimes when you hit a block. I have been a stutter all my life my man. I’m currently getting married with the girl all of my friend...

Resources to help my clutter-stutter

Resources to help my clutter-stutter I'm in a management position at work, and the cluttering is often embarrassing and makes it difficult for me to communicate or focus at work. I'm going to look int...

You're young, after school you will likely never see these people again. Just be confident and embrace your stutter, being afraid solved nothing...