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advice?? most of my friends are participating in MUN and now i think i will be the only one left out. I don't wanna participate as obviously i have a stutter. What should i do guys?...
I haven’t been in speech therapy since 8th grade. I’m a sophomore in college. My speech is mostly fluent now just public speaking is where my stutter makes its last stand really. But yeah try this an...
Calling speech therapist
Calling speech therapist I am a speech therapist looking for resources on how to work with clients who have situational stuttering. I has been difficulty observing my clients stuttering as he has made...
It's really nice to hear you're stepping out of your comfort zone trying to improve yourself. I'm in the final year of my uni too and so I'll have to give several presentations of my dissertation to a...
Do you think a person that stutters can be a radio presenter?
Do you think a person that stutters can be a radio presenter? I've got involved with a college radio station and they told me if I send in a demo I can get my own show. I'm very interested in the idea...
Oral exams failure
Oral exams failure Hello fellow stutterers, Yesterday was one of my worst day in my life. I am not severe stutterer, but it gets a lot worse in stressful situations..We had our final oral exams yes...
This is great! I respect stuttering comedians so much, because timing is quite difficult....
Nervous about a play tomorrow
Nervous about a play tomorrow Hello everyone Tomorrow my class is rehearsing Romeo and Juliet and I'm the narrator. Since I'm the narrator I have to go up to the front of class (its not on a stage) ...
I have a very similar role in that I lead project teams, and present frequently for the executive team. Really, the only way to erase the doubt is to kill it in the next interview. If they were hiri...
Doesn’t ‘haunt’ me as much anymore, but had to do a presentation for work and was told it was a small group - I walked into an auditorium with every seat full. The person speaking presenting before me...
Just Finished Law School
Just Finished Law School To all those fellow stutterers who are scared of going into various professional fields that require speaking but are scared to because of it, you don’t have to be. I just f...
MSc student of Research in biology here, and currently applying for PhD. I am abroad this year as well and plan to do my PhD abroad too. I stutter quite a lot in English compared to my mother tongue s...
I also work in corporate america and give presentations for a living. Even worse, I work remote so I’m constantly on teleconferences. The best thing I did was Toastmasters. It’s not pretentious, eve...
So sorry to hear that. I’m kinda the opposite, school was terrible for me with presenting, whereas my full time job now is much better. For me it’s a mental thing. You just gotta remember you’re in co...
If your dream is to have a law career, please, please don't let something as trivial as a stutter persuade you to give up now. I'm a stuttering professional and can weigh in here - I went through a s...
Presenting research
Presenting research I’m beginning preparations for a research conference next year and I have a slight stutter. I was just wondering if y’all think that I could be held back by it or not allowed to sp...
I’ve told this story before..... Had to give a presentation to VPs years ago. I stuttered horribly through the entire thing and wanted to crawl away. Years later, we had employee appreciation day w...
About 6 years ago and still going! When I joined the McGuire Programme, learned to be speak better than most "fluent" speakers and made a lot of very close friends in the programme. Did I also tell y...
I don't know if this is the right situation for it but I volunteered (for some reason) to give a presentation at a college and I got some mad anxiety and regret around it. I ended up giving a present...
Truth! A great social activity that involves little talking is hiking. I think my stutter has helped me to be comfortable by myself. There is no such thing as an awkward silence to me. My new bos...