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30y old here. I run a global marketing team and every day is hard. It’s difficult when you can’t articulate what you want, but I try and speak with my actions as much as possible rather than my voice....

Absolutely. I only really started working on my stutter when I was around 22-23. I basically bombed out of every job interview I had after completing my degree, because I would literally block and sit...

I feel you, but as others have said, there's a good chance it does get better in your 20s. For me personally, it happened when I was 21. At that age, I did something kind of counterintuitive: I join...

22 yo here. I'm currently a electrical engineer working on a telecommunications company and living with my boyfriend in a lovely apartment in Brazil with our two cats. And I still stutter, but that's ...

I’m 43 and like others have said I wouldn’t say I’ve “cured” my stutter but I’ve found success, both personally and professionally, despite it. I started, grew and sold a successful software business ...

30 years old here and still stutter on a daily basis and I am a medical doctor treating patients and happily married with a wife that loves me and my stutter so never tell yourself you can’t do it. Y...

>>Success Stories? Yes. 50M here. I didn't get fluent until my 20's. You are NOT too old to get fluent. I remember how bad it was being a young man with a stutter. Just wanting to be heard. F...

Late 20s here. Honestly, this is a tough battle and there is nothing I can say that will immediately help you, but maybe it gives you hope. I'm currently doing IT, I take phone calls 8hrs a day/40hrs ...

If possible, just email them and let them know about your stutter. In my experience they'll often let you re-record if needed or give you more time per question...

Anyone over 17+ have success stories?

Anyone over 17+ have success stories? I have a breakdown about my stutter every week. It seems like an endless cycle that I’m never going to get out of. Everyone undermines the severity of having a s...

It has before, I used to not participate in meeting at my job or engage in trainings because I didn’t want to mess up or for someone to make a comment...

100%. I had only one interview in the past year and I was so nervous I went blank as well. A little afraid for the next one haha but hopefully I won't blank next time....

Honestly don't put too much weight into them. Hiring managers don't like them as much as you may think. There's a lot of hate for recorded interviews like that, at least when I was searching for a tec...

HireVue Interviews

HireVue Interviews Have any of you done a HireVue interview? It's a video interview software where you're given questions and you get around five minutes to record yourself answering it. Companies u...

Do you have anything you can cite? According to the 11th edition of Self-Therapy for the Sutterer (published by The Stuttering Foundation): "I have found that many people who stutter seem to be draw...

Had an interview, did absolutely terrible

Had an interview, did absolutely terrible Well first I’m an idiot that forgot to factor in the time difference so the interviewer called 2 hours earlier than I was expecting. Second, I was so nervous ...

How to choose career

How to choose career Hello, I am an SLP and I am reading this sub because I want to know how PWS copes with everyday challenges, so that I can better understand my clients and try to help them and tai...

The biggest challenge was always money – so few people are aware of the challenges and ostracization that young people who stutter face, that it is hard to pry money from funders. They don’t really ta...

Hey, if you turn it down, you will regret it in the future. Don't let your stutter, block your life goals. If you're already in teaching, isnt that a job that has a lot of speaking already? Believe in...

" my stutter is holding me back from doing that". Joe Biden became president and he did not allow his stutter to hold him back. If he can become the person he is today you can become the person you ...