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postr/StutterAug 31, 2020
46 points

I just had a job interview - it was awful

I just had a job interview - it was awful I have master degree in Counseling and I am looking for a job for almost a year now. I just had an interview and I stuttered a lot. I could not express myself...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionShame & EmbarrassmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 30, 2020
1 points

I dunno if I'm in the minority with my opinion, but I feel like pursuing a degree is just checking a box in most cases. Some classes are a waste of time & others can be beneficial, but it really j...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 29, 2020
2 points

I feel this. My friends work for a really good financial firm and suggested that I applied because I would be really good at it. Did a video interview, and made it to the phone interview where my spee...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2020
6 points

I'm 23 and you're basically me when I was around 18. I was afraid of attending interviews due to my speech and honestly thought I'd make nothing of my life, I remember leaving my first job interview ...

School & WorkIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterAug 28, 2020
1 points

Yeah! But I think i also need to have some confidence with the person... If not, it might sound weird....

School & WorkSocial & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Employment & CareerDisclosure & Telling OthersAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterAug 28, 2020
70 points

Stuttering has increased my vocabulary

Stuttering has increased my vocabulary I’ve been stuttering for my whole life, I’m 20 now. Whenever I feel I am unable to say a word or phrase, I rephrase and use different words and it usually helps....

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentAnxiety & Social Judgment+2 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
3 points

you would have not posted if everything when alright when you read the book? the way you react might determine how you feel about it overall. seeking relief by reading a book to people that to be hon...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkCoping & Advocacy
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideEmployment & Career+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
2 points

We can only play the cards we are dealt to the best of our own ability. Human life is full of cruel, arbitrary, and unchangeable obstacles and tragedies. It's also full of beauty, grace, and moments o...

Emotional ExperienceSocial & RelationshipsSchool & Work
Hope & MotivationQuality of LifeEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
2 points

I’ll definitely try to get an opportunity like that! I was going to apply for an internship which entailed some speaking but I couldn’t because I still got classes. Thank you for the advice!...

Community & SupportSchool & Work
Advice RequestsEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
6 points

Try and keep your head up I’ve definitely been there before. It could have still gone good it’s always hard to gauge reactions and body language over video meetings. I’ve been at my current job for al...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Hope & MotivationEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
2 points

Thank you for reading my post.☺ I'm emtry and every fields are equal boring-- major depression thought. I used to love art when I was a teen but people in my country value science(especially health ...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Sadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
3 points

Social worker here. I used to really struggle on the phone, whereas face to face wasn’t too bad. When I shared an office, I would often try to find another space to make calls without others around. I...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Hiding & ConcealmentFluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing+1 more
postr/StutterAug 27, 2020
42 points

Just Ruined a Job Interview Thanks to my Stutter

Just Ruined a Job Interview Thanks to my Stutter I just got off of a Microsoft Teams meeting (Zoom or Skype by a different name), and there goes the rest of my week. A job interview I’ve been looking ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
postr/StutterAug 27, 2020
3 points

Advice from any physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, or others who speak on the phone often for their job

Advice from any physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, or others who speak on the phone often for their job I’m a PA student and will be starting clinical year very soon. My stutter isn’t too bad when I intera...

Community & SupportSchool & Work
Advice RequestsEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
3 points

Unless you’re a stock genius it is but nowadays it’s 99% being done via algorithms applied by huge computer parks. Kind of an obsolete profession imo....

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
3 points

It’s possible but I would recommend getting into business like e-commerce first and then investing your money in the stock market...

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
8 points

In my experience , I get personal satisfaction when I tell someone that I stutter and that I have overcame major obstacles like public speaking or holding a job. I at least feel that the person I’m ta...

Identity & DisabilityCoping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Acceptance & PrideSelf-Advocacy & BoundariesEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterAug 27, 2020
4 points

Good? Yeah. Can you easily make enough Money for Living? No. Probably you underestimate, how hard it is to be sucessfull in this Kind of Job. You can earn Long term more Money doing any other Kind ...

School & Work
Employment & Career
postr/StutterAug 26, 2020
11 points

The world is HELL if you're ESL and stutter!

The world is HELL if you're ESL and stutter! I am stutter. English is my second language. I lived in US for 3 years. I live with my parents, they took me to US. I am 25. I have no job because no place...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency+3 more
commentr/StutterAug 26, 2020
2 points

It will get better. I think yours in a similar situation I was in. After college, my stutter improved when out of those direct stress situations at a sensitive time of growing up....

Causes & VariabilitySchool & Work
Severity & FluctuationEmployment & Career