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Rejected from a job because of stuttering

Rejected from a job because of stuttering Recently I had a job interview for an entry level position at large financial institution. It was a 45 minute phone call and while I consider myself a mild st...

You're justifying your emotional needs by revelling in the illusion that you want to do this for him and not for you. This is about you wanting to talk about it and then sugar coating it with over zea...

Retail things

Retail things So I work a retail job as a tasker/freight, so I don’t need to really talk to as many customers as other positions and I love it. I’m better with more “spontaneous” conversation, so the ...

Hey man, that's not the answer. That will only compound your issues. Keep your head up and learn to respect your self from within, stop caring about what others think. I know that easy to say, but t...

my theory is that your subconscious has this need to be perfect when you’re expressing yourself, especially something that you know you’re knowledgeable in and when you don’t express it “perfect” that...

Stuttering vs normal disfluencies. What's the difference?

Stuttering vs normal disfluencies. What's the difference? **Everyone experiences normal disfluencies. But not everyone experiences uncontrollable stuttering. What's the difference, in your own thought...

Because it's a symptom of anxiety, you would treat it ways you would treat the anxiety itself. Going slower, steady breathing, trying to calm your heart rate and speak casually, etc....

I went to 6th form not college but I assume its the same, and I found it so much better. Having smaller class sizes, knowing the teacher more closely, less time in actual lessons so less chance of bei...

Do I tell people I have a stutter?

Do I tell people I have a stutter? Hey I’m 22, and my stutter has been a battle since I was 8 getting better and worse and so forth, I’ve managed to really improve these past 2 years by just having a ...

I know this is late but I had a video interview a few months back, cool tip I found out, STARE AT YOURSELF, such a cool cheat code, im sure we’ve all spent a good amount of time staring at ourselves i...

Also when I do stutter infront of casual people I’m socializing with, psychologically I try to think of them as npc’s or just kinda lame on cool people list and that I don’t actually care what they th...

What helped me with socializing Is realizing, am I nervous because I’m genuinely scared of socializing, or am I nervous of stuttering? I feel like I’m naturally very pleased with socializing if I neve...

I’ve skipped out on so many meaningful relationships with people because I’d get social anxiety keeping up with trying to sound normal, I’ve dropped out of college, mainly due to lack of confidence be...

Does anyone experience their lips quivering or feeling like they’re shaking?

Does anyone experience their lips quivering or feeling like they’re shaking? I think it’s part of adrenaline and anxiety but I wonder how I can stop this or reduce it. It makes me nervous and I stutte...

>He'll probably look away anyway I want to chime in about this. Assume he is going to either look away or look at you. Do not assume he is suddenly looking at something to signal what he wants. He...

They won’t care about it, know it will likely happen, move on and kill that presentation. Fear is a choice, don’t give it any space....

If you feel as though your stutter is unavoidable, I have found it helpful to just start my presentation by just saying something along the lines of “hello everyone! Before I start, I just wanted to l...

Presentation tomorrow - need some help

Presentation tomorrow - need some help I’ve got a big presentation tomorrow with a room full of around 100 coworkers (and some from the leadership team from our company). The problem is, whenever I ...

I get that all the time. When I stutter I feel like I’m being rude to people with my tone and even when they don’t say it I can see it in there face and I’m just like I’m not trying to be rude it’s ju...