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Thanks for the response. I think that's my thing - I'm always trying to hide it from people, and I just hope that when I have kids, I won't feel the need to hide it. That would be exhausting....

I was going to say the same thing! I'm 34 and after losing 2 jobs this past year, my speech therapist urged me to let people know that I stutter. Once I started doing that, everything because much eas...

I'm not a parent but I worry about the reading thing too. I actually cried about it often when I was younger thinking I could never be a good mother because of it. I feel very differently now. I hope...

I'm sorry you are going through this. Job hunting for a stutterer can be very difficult. I found it was easier when I started out by telling the interviewer that I stutter. 9 times out of 10 the inter...

Sorry to hear about your job situation, it's never fun to be last person standing. Some good comments here. How bad is your stutter? For me and my block, I've found that consciously slowing down my br...

I stutter and make phone calls. I don't like to but I do, regularly. I've done many half hour long plus phone interviews with potential employers. Best thing is to force yourself to do it. Then after ...

the time has come to find a new job

the time has come to find a new job working conditions in my current job are changing. this year alone, 15 people have quit and not been replaced. a lot of their work has fallen on to me. luckily, tal...

I don't stutter because I'm nervous! Fuck!

I don't stutter because I'm nervous! Fuck! I had girl reject me because "I don't have confidence". Apparently she thought I was stuttering because I was nervous and that meant lack or confidence. No, ...

Hello shovelsocks, I’m employed, and majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Also, I’m a stutterer. I think we all feel like complete garbage from time to time. We aren’t. We are s...

I write for the student newspaper and did my first interview today.

I write for the student newspaper and did my first interview today. ... And it went fine! I stuttered, but I got the questions out, she answered them, and everything went well! It's hard to just move ...

About 10 years ago I had a job interview.I feel that my stutter was worse. But at that time I did everything to hide it. Searching for other words, making other sentence then if I wanna say, you know....

I'm a 20 yr old female stutterer.I am expected by society to be naturally graceful and poised.Most of the time I am exactly that.But once I open my start speaking people know what I truly am.....a str...

Listen man. I'm 6'6" and when I was 19, I had no idea how to even speak to a girl. I'd constantly be in the friend zone. Just be a nice guy and you'll learn your way to meeting the right girl. You...

My 3 shitty problems and their shittier solutions............please help me come up with better ones

My 3 shitty problems and their shittier solutions............please help me come up with better ones Hey r/stutter Im a 19 year old Chemical Engineering student in Canada. Ever since I was a child I h...

Yet another story from a stutterer

Yet another story from a stutterer Here goes. I first started stuttering when I was 3 years old. I'm turning 23 this month, so my birthday will also be our anniversary. And we couldn't be happier. Rig...

I thought I was going insane, but this is exactly what happened to me too. At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, my confidence in my speech was rocket high, so high that I began work...

Honestly, do what makes you the most comfortable. I don't have a specific policy when it comes to these situations. In some interviews, the person interviewing me has asked me about it and then it bec...

Here's my view on it. I'm in my early 20s and have stuttered since elementary school. It sucks. It really does. I understand that it's not something that I can change. And as you already know, life ...

Stuttering for some employers can show determination. You're challenged with a stutter but you're not letting it get the better of you. You're overcoming your problems, and that's a good trait to have...

Stuttering - Would it be a problem?

Stuttering - Would it be a problem? Hello World! I am from India. As you can understand, I am here because of my Stuttering problem and I want your opinions. I have got this condition from my ancestor...