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I've found it to be a significant hindrance in my life. I'm in my mid-forties now, and I've stuttered mildly since I was about eight years old. The problem that I've seen is that people misconstrue ...

You could just push through it or find a slp. I wouldn't try to forget about it or deny it from personal experience. I also have many situations where I'm fluent and others I'm a train wreck, e.g. i...

Stuttered as a kid, and now it's back.

Stuttered as a kid, and now it's back. I had a stutter when I was a kid but grew out it of by the time I was in high school. For years, I had no problem with talking on the phone, job interviews, or ...

I would have said the same thing at 16. Two things that really helped me: Seeing a speech therapist to improve my speech. I'm going to stutter the rest of my life but I'm okay with that and it's imp...

I get told i am an "excellent communicator" and "good with people" by co-workers regularly. I didnt believe it at first (for about 10 years or so :)) but even with my stutter not changing much I am s...

I own a tour guide business, and I'm the only storyteller. My job involves a lot of phone calls and even more public speaking. I stutter, but I haven't found that to be a great hindrance to my caree...

That's good to hear. I'm doing the same and am applying to my local department to be a college police cadet. ...

Applying for disability

Applying for disability So I'm 22 and have never gotten past the interview process when trying to get a job. I really need to get out of my current living situation soon and was told by a speech thera...

You don't need to worry. Although I'm not necessarily an adult, I thought I would give some insight. I'm currently 22 and am studying Criminology in hopes to become a police officer. I've done an inte...

Thats good to hear. All the jobs that I know of and are popular need "excellent communication skills" and that scary for people like us....

I cannot see myself as I successful adult with a stutter.

I cannot see myself as I successful adult with a stutter. I'm 16. A Sophomore in high school and I stutter. It's hard to imagine me being happy with a family and a job with a stutter. I guess I'm just...

Fluency isn't what they mean by excellent communication skills. When they ask for excellent communication skills, they're not thinking about stutterers, theyre thinking about the fluent people with ho...

Hello, I stutter and I believe it is effecting my professional and family life.

Hello, I stutter and I believe it is effecting my professional and family life. Hello, all. I am really glad I found this subreddit. My stuttering has varying levels of intensity depending on the situ...

Of course I cannot relate to you 100% but I have experienced alot of what you have as well. My stutter I feel is from my parents putting me down and constantly putting me under the pressure to overach...

I spend a lot of time on the phone with my job (been here 6 months) and it has negatively effected my fluency. I talk those computer voices so I am expected to go from silence to saying words that st...

I'm a search and rescue controller so I monitor radio frequencies all day and help with people in distress on the water. My stutter still hinders me at times but I've overcome a good bit of it...

I'm not looking forward to the future at all. I've never had a job interview in my entire life. The only reason why I ever had a job in the past was because of a friend I had several years ago. Now, I...

Same here, my family is most of what is keeping me alive. Otherwise I would have checked myself out a long time ago. Whoever said that no one is judging you for stuttering has to be a fucking moron. ...

Nice! I would never present in high school and opted to make little video presentations in College. By university I stopped stressing about it so much and it feels good when you just do it without let...

I got a dog. Instead of me worrying about my speech all day, I'm worrying about my dog. My speech has gotten better. My confidence has gone up. Bad day? You have your buddy to spill your heart to. You...