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How do you guys deal with your stutter if you’re in a job that forces you to speak and present often?

How do you guys deal with your stutter if you’re in a job that forces you to speak and present often? ...

Why would Toastmasters, an organization dedicated to improving speaking and presenting ability, have a problem with someone who stutters?...

Because from outside looking in it doesn't look very seriously - it's just trouble speaking, what could possibly be so bad about it? Also, does anyone know of Toastmasters is cool with stutterers? I'...

I'm currently in a coms class and I was worried at first but honestly, it helps me more to participate. It normalizes the idea that some people have stutters. But that's how I approached it. I did how...

I've always refused to put myself in public speaking situations. I know what I want to spend my life doing has nothing to do with public speaking. There is no reason to force a person that has a speak...

In less that two weeks the USA will have a President who stutters. I cannot think of a job for which public speaking is more important. What you say counts, not how you say it. My only suggestion is...

Definitely! Weird question but do you feel like your stutter has impacted your law school experience in any way, positively or negatively? Not gonna lie, the practice of cold calling does not sound pl...

Yes i will definitely try to do that. I can practise it to my cat who is sitting here with me right now lol. Thank you for caring and for the advice, wish you all the best aswell...

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply with such a helpful perspective and solution on the whole thing. For future subjects, I will have to have the talk with the professors. I think ...

*hugs I've dealt with the same issue when I was in college. One thing I did was write down my presentation and if I shuttered I could read from it until I got past the block. Then j would try it ...

Fair enough I guess. Had the same problem myself in the uni. I could rush and stutter or take it slow but 3x longer. If 30ppl have to wait it out then yeah, it's wasting everyone's time. If it's a sma...

Good job with the studies, keep up the hard work! This with presenting however seems to be a big deal given the stakes and how bad it makes you feel. I have always sucked at it myself but since I lowe...

I second this! You should be proud with the fact that you did your presentation instead of asking for special treatment :)...

I did a 12 minute presentation on the cell signaling involved in autistic spectrum disorder and barely stuttered once, got a 100 grade— and I stutter constantly in normal conversation. You probably s...

I'm currently in law school Trust me, as long as you are a good researcher, speak sense and structure your arguments well enough, you'd be just fine Is stuttering a disadvantage: Yes. But it's no deal...

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Presentation I'm going to have a presentation to give which is contains 60 sentences, and I’ve never been that scared about anything in my life before. I know that I should be happy because now we hav...

At times, yes. Especially public speaking in the spot. But I also grew up in a church where even children get up to speak in front of 300 people. So I lost the fear of speaking at a young age. What I...

It has to be liken a feature article, where i will need like examples of different people and also i guess i will need to use some researches to raise awareness about stuttering....

thank you so much and the fact that this post made you happy even if for a bit, melts my heart. I agree with you! very well said. I've been going through tough times too mostly because of terrible spe...

Happy for you! I do presentations a lot of the time for my biology classes, it gets way easier the more you do it....