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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

You can be an RN, as many people here have pointed out. However, you're also pursuing a career where you'll have to confront your stutter every day. Some times, it will be exhausting, and you'll fee...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
6 points

I concur the above comment. Another stutter MD here. Follow your dreams and screw anyone who says you can’t do something because of your stutter...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

My advisor told me the same thing when I was young but I knew for myself I wanted to do medicine. Don’t let someone incapable of achieving it on their own stop you from achieving what you want in life...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

Im a PhD student and I have to present research and literature all the time and I have a moderate stutter. Dont let anyone tell you that your speech wont allow you to do things. If you want to be an R...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

I'm in medical school right now I'm glad I never ran into a counselor like that. I've always doubted myself enough and someone telling me that would've shut me down. That counselor can fuck right off....

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

All my advisors suck.. My college advisor was my professor. He would constantly put me down because i didn't have a 3.0 GPA. He would tell me things like, " you wont make it to graduate school, your ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

Do your thing, and don’t let a stutter interfere with your goals. Chin up. Eyes forward....

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

I studied acting for 8 years with my stutter and now i am studying to become a psychiatrist. Dont listen to that person. If this is what you want to do as a job than go for it and dont let anybody tel...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
1 points

Corporate desk jockey here. Not accountant, but at some level we're all the same. I can't really tell what your question is. If it's about judgement, yeah, everyone judges everyone. Stutter or not. ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
3 points

I work in sales and talk to people every day. Sometimes my stutter gets in the way, but I get through it. Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something because you stutter....

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

Ignore this advice. Try taking a good Magnesium glycinate 3 times a day with vitamin B1 (hcl) 3 times a day. It reduced my stutter by 85%. Im not a financial advisor a speak to clients for 8 hours a ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

[Roison McManus](https://stuttertalk.com/on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19-with-roisin-mcmanus-rn/)is a NP and has been open in podcasts about some of the things she's struggled working in Healthcare. ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

That person can pack sand. I wanted to get into the Navy and into submarines. My stutter was picked up on the screenings and I had to go through extra scrutiny, but I made it. I actually had a such ...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
3 points

If your willing to deal with the pain then ignore them. I run a successful business. Have employees that I have to coach and clients that I have to communicate with. I’m willing to eat the pain to get...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
3 points

Honestly, fuck that counselor. I was worried I couldn’t be a lawyer with my stutter and I’m about to be a litigator. The truth is most every job requires communication, and you shouldn’t have to isola...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
2 points

I work in a job that requires a lot of communication. My coworker here also stutters worse than i do. Report that adviser....

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
5 points

Honestly I don’t understand how your advisor can be so unprofessional. Are they new at this? I’ve been in higher ed for 15 years and I feel like I have seen the FULL RANGE of the human tapestry. So ma...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
8 points

Nope nope nope they are wrong. I am a college advisor and I recently advised a student with a very severe stutter (along with a variety of spectrum disorder related disabilities). He just graduated wi...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
5 points

Fuck. No. Just no! Who controls your path? Some college advisor? No! You do. You decide what to do with your life. Not someone else. If you want to become an RN, no one gets to tell you that you can...

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commentr/StutterAug 13, 2020
3 points

How ignorant. Your stutter will not impact how well you are able to provide care as an RN....

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