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postr/StutterMar 17, 2017
17 points

What is your career in?

What is your career in? I'm about to graduate from college in one more semester and I'm worried about trying to find a job. My degree is in criminal justice and I have no problem talking to people. I...

School & Work
Employment & CareerPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterMar 15, 2017
3 points

I've gotten better at it. I called in once and probably sounded fine to the host who picked up. I did it again a few days later and I just woke up and was hungover as fuck so I probably just sounded g...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & Work
Mindset shiftEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 15, 2017
3 points

It's not cringy but will damage your professional life if you keep it up. One of the best things you can do as an employee is be a good communicator. Stuttering has nothing to do with this. That sai...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerFeared Words & NamesAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
postr/StutterMar 14, 2017
6 points

Has anybody else here straight up refused to call back their boss when they leave a voicemail because of anxiety?

Has anybody else here straight up refused to call back their boss when they leave a voicemail because of anxiety? I've gotten better with this, but I have straight up not called my work back a few tim...

Emotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 14, 2017
2 points

I've had that experience too, jobs that requires you to stay active and social. I didn't even think about my stutter or stutter much bc I was just working. It was good....

School & Work
Employment & Career
postr/StutterMar 14, 2017
1 points

Precision Fluency Shaping Program

Precision Fluency Shaping Program Hey /r/stutter! Hope everyone's been doing well. I want to pass on some information that I'm surprised hasn't been shared on this subreddit before. In Norfolk, Virgin...

Therapy & ProfessionalSchool & Work
Positive Therapy TechniquesEmployment & Career
postr/StutterMar 14, 2017
5 points

How do you deal with getting roasted?

How do you deal with getting roasted? I never roast anyone and usually am the guy trying to make comebacks. Its something I've had to do since I was a kid and even at 21 i have to deal with this bulls...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Frustration & AngerStigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
postr/StutterMar 12, 2017
5 points

Teaching with a stutter, thoughts?

Teaching with a stutter, thoughts? I've stuttered and blocked my entire life. I'll save you most of the pity party and simply say that it has negatively effected virtually every aspect of my life for ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEmployment & CareerPublic Speaking
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2017
2 points

How did you become a public speaker? What are some tips you can give a guy in his 20s who's trying to speak in meetings and look professional and confident? ...

School & Work
Public SpeakingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 11, 2017
2 points

My stuttering is really strange. I have no problems giving a presentation or talking when I am *standing up or able to move freely.* This is because I use my hands to help my fluency. My stuttering co...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Blocks & StoppagesPhysical TensionFeared Words & Names+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 10, 2017
3 points

Do you work? Work really helped me accept my stuttering and focus on other things in life. I felt safer stuttering at work because my main goal was to get my job done, not look cool or attractive to ...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerAcceptance & PrideHope & Motivation
commentr/StutterMar 9, 2017
1 points

Thank you, but it's truly more entertaining/perplexing to me now than hurtful. It reflects pretty poorly on the other person to behave that way. I actually had a much worse one last year when on a pho...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2017
1 points

$1000 cause you "failed all the road tests"? I guess you could have fought it, but not worth it, huh? You just wanted to leave....

School & Work
Employment & Career
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2017
2 points

I'm thankful work forces me to socialize. There's something of a work shield you get when you have to do things for the job. You're not trying to impress anyone or be attractive, you're just trying to...

School & WorkIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerStigma & BullyingFrustration & Anger
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2017
1 points

Props to you for doing many interviews per day, you're definitely winning that battle. I can't go to the store without feeling anxious, lol. I would be angry as well if someone did that to me on the p...

School & WorkEmotional Experience
Employment & CareerFrustration & AngerAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2017
4 points

If you're stuttering really badly or in a touchy situation like a cop stop, telling them you stutter isn't a bad call. Come to think of it, just on Monday this week I had one of my rare bad interactio...

Coping & AdvocacySchool & WorkIdentity & Disability
Self-Advocacy & BoundariesEmployment & CareerStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterMar 8, 2017
3 points

This happened to me in Albany... When I was driving to Nashville to start a new life. Got pulled over, was insanely cooperative. Cop asked if I was drunk, stoned, on uppers, anything he could ask... S...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingEmployment & Career
postr/StutterMar 7, 2017
23 points

Got stopped by police, they asked me some questions, i stuttered on every word.

Got stopped by police, they asked me some questions, i stuttered on every word. Note: i'm writing this an hour after it happened. So every night my mom finishes her work late at night and it's dangero...

Causes & VariabilityEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Stress & Fight/FlightShame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency+1 more
commentr/StutterMar 7, 2017
8 points

I can relate so much to you. Today actually I decided I wanted to meet at least one person at university every day that I'm there and today I ended up meeting 3 people and having fun with my friends, ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Hope & MotivationAcceptance & PrideAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterMar 6, 2017
1 points

Teacher is certainly possible with a stutter. This man has a severe stutter and is a lecturer at an university : https://www.stammering.org/speaking-out/articles/case-stuttering-lecturer...

School & Work
Employment & Career