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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2025
2 points

I have hid my stutter for as long as I can remember and I would recommend not doing what I did. I have developed such an anxiety because of it that has destroyed my social life. I’m an introvert natur...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2025
1 points

I work on a text based crisis hotline, pay is wonderful. It’s not an easy job at all but it has my heart...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
5 points

My stutter is mild at worst now but when I was younger it was debilitating. As others have said, employment was difficult. But basically everything was difficult. Nowadays, I'm 46, it's people assumi...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
13 points

I would have to say, employment. Over the years I’ve had significant problems finding employment, when you interview for jobs and you stutter all over it most employers are already thinking next as s...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
1 points

Hang in there, I’m a stutterer too. Admittedly, mine is mild, but there are definitely times of life when I would consider myself in the moderate category. I’ve only met a couple of doctors with a stu...

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postr/StutterOct 12, 2025
8 points

Need Career Advice for a Severe Stutterer (SERIOUS)

Need Career Advice for a Severe Stutterer (SERIOUS) Hi, My first post here. 18M from India, just graduated from school. I need advice on what I should do next. Severe stuttering since birth. Getting ...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I’m chillin bro tbh, it was a long journey for me tho and I know a lot of us are still in that hurdle. I stutter everyday in front of coworkers and customers etc. but I focus on the problems that actu...

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commentr/StutterOct 12, 2025
3 points

I got a job at one of the Fortune 500 companies without an interview. They created a new position for me. Just for me. My colleagues and managers are just great people....

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
2 points

Thank you so much! I work in finance so we’re aiming for at least opening in four years! I think we’ll be mot than happy to do an interview, he’s still a little shy, but I think he’d be happy to! Than...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
15 points

This. It’s exhausting. They have no idea. I’ve often had feedback at work about not being overly chatty, being quiet or not speaking enough in meetings etc - they have no idea the effort it takes so I...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
8 points

I have two higher educations, my own apartment in the capital in a northern European country and a well paid job as a project manager and stuttering has maybe held me up some times in my life but neve...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2025
2 points

I feel that my entire personality is carved around my stutter. I went to co-ed secondary school and JC, and I have a few friends as I rarely opened up to people. In NS, my self-esteem and confidence ...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
2 points

Omg I relate to everything the food ordering and all. But ye how did u carve your personality around it? I went to an all boys school for secondary school so ye I genuinely like to lepak and shit. J...

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postr/StutterOct 10, 2025
6 points

Best way to temporarly increase agility and flexibility of your freaking mouth in 5 days?

Best way to temporarly increase agility and flexibility of your freaking mouth in 5 days? A few days ago. My medical school interview shook my absolute core because I couldn't deliver a sentence witho...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
1 points

This is true… funny thing is I have a harder time finding jobs to hire me than I do with women. They do not care as long as you have confidence and half decent looks....

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2025
1 points

Ricopro un ruolo da commerciale, in ambito lavorativo riesco a gestire la balbuzie. Fatto salvo trovate chi ti giudica durante una presentazione. In ambito privato balbetto.... specialmente se ci sono...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
2 points

I recently left my barista job at Starbucks, but my coworkers were overwhelmingly accepting and my one shift manager literally had a bachelors in speech pathology and had a really heartfelt one-on-one...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
3 points

i was also thinking about med but my stuttering actually held me back. and law too. damn...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
1 points

I also worked at a non profit museum. Also had to make me talk to alot of people. For me its works because there is way less pressure since it is non profit. Sadly I could not continue since it is non...

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Employment & Career
commentr/StutterOct 9, 2025
1 points

I think doing this could be harmful in the long run, because eventually you’ll have to face countless job interviews after finishing school. Avoiding these challenges now might only make the truly imp...

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