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Hi friend, I’ve been there. Self-disclosure is your best asset. A large amount of people who stutter I’ve talked to find that it takes away some of the anxiety and pressure and takes back some of the ...

I man i hope you are having a great day. You know, I feel and understand your struggle, i have been stuterring since I was a little kid and even though ive had speech therapy, I has not improved a lot...

It was really brave to disclose in that setting! I don't know if I would have had the balls. Hats off to you...

I still hate public speaking but I let people know up front or the person who introduces me does. Just keep your head up....

Can I ask you how old you are? My biggest thing with speech therapy was the cost and the frequent dragging back-and-forth especially having to deal with the stress of school and exams. I’m in nursing ...

I was surely grateful that I was able to maintain some clarity that allowed me to disclose. We all have had those panic attacks...it could have been worse! I suppose I can look him up. I am on the ...

I had gone to speech therapy a while back before COVID but stopped because my stutter barely came out during our sessions and they didn’t think I would benefit much from the speech exercises. But they...

why do you want to know, there is a reason I do not disclose, this is reddit of stuttering, we should not talk about religion....

That's still young, my friend. I'm talking about past 35 maybe...It will get better. You can reap the benefits earlier by disclosing and becoming more relaxed about it. That's your journey to more flu...

I am really starting to doubt my approach now whenever I have job interviews, I usually start with the phrase "I have a speech impediment" without stuttering, Then profusely stutter for the rest of th...

Yeah me too, I always tell them in the begging that I stutter...

I’m an early childhood mental health professional and a person who stutters. I wish I was taught to effectively disclose. Disclosing is *to benefit the PWS*, to try to eliminate possibility of engag...

Did you tell them you have a stutter? I personally never do and just let my speech speak for itself. Besides, telling others often makes us stutter more because it becomes an expectation....

What if you just say that you have a speech impediment at the beginning of the interview? And then focus on the context even tho you stutter? For me, this makes me less stressed in tense moments. Like...

Heya! First of all, thank you for caring and asking! I can give you my perspectives but keep in mind that I'm traumatized and some of my statements can potentially sound a bit ...weird. I'll try my be...

**AAC as backup** Use an AAC app to say a word if you feel like you got a block that's too long. Maybe having the app ready as a sort of plan b mouth will make you feel less nervous anyway. **Marker...

I would say try online dating maybe and when/if you match with someone at some point before you meet be honest about your stutter. Helps your anxiety and the person is probably reasonable. Most women ...

I have posted this here before as a comment: I’m in my late twenties, have a severe stutter myself and have been told that I’m good looking. I have had plenty of dates, affairs, flings and relationshi...

Lol it's funny one of the retail jobs I had put out a pro diversity as that I saw many times I got mad and wrote them and was like "where was this a few years ago guys?" They did send me an email that...

That’s bullshit, I’m sorry that’s been your experience. I haven’t had to do any interviews since acquiring my fun stutter (lol, it’s lame af and disfluencies present in every word basically, sups cool...