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Seriously considering just giving up.
Seriously considering just giving up. Like another user on this sub said, sometimes I wonder if feeling nothing at all would be better than the constant negative emotions I feel everyday. I'm too sc...
Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter?
Does anyone else...act? And find that they do not stutter? I have a someone severe stutter. Very often times I get blocks where I just can't spit the word out, and if I do get it out, I repeat it abou...
Stuttering and Dating
Stuttering and Dating Stuttering and Dating are one of the hardest things I have dealt with. I am now 31 years old and have yet to find a longterm girlfriend. I have gone out and dated pretty girls in...
Motivation: Teaching English in Japan
Motivation: Teaching English in Japan Hello fellow stutters/stammers/speech impedimenters, So this is a post where I talk about myself but it's not to brag. It's to provide some sort of proof that h...
Stutterers like myself are just like a regular person. Hire us for what we know and not how we say it. ...
The rest of the article is still there .... yes. I thought I was already advocating for the rest of the article rather than focusing on a single statement. I don't feel attacked, I was just simply a...
I worked in IT support and currently retail. Never thought I would end up in either of these two positions but well, they helped me overcome anxieties about my mild stutter. It'll happen, I'll have re...
Well, sure it's easy to quote mine and find things you disagree with. But even still, I think you missed the point of that statement. It's part of a rhetorical question that poses the question, "does...
I just turned 25 and still haven't had a job. I'm very behind in college because I dropped a lot of classes due to my inability to cope with presentations, and now I'm shying away from the first co-op...
Yeah but I think you're setting yourself up for a no win with something like that. As much as people make hiring out to be a matter of inches, there are no two people that similar. There's not going t...
I know exactly how you feel. In my school and college years I didn't do things to my disadvantage, just because of my stutter. Till this day it ruins my life. I am turning 24 at the end of this month,...
Well said and I like your attitude. Sadly (my) reality works differently. If an employer can choose between two people with similar eduction levels, skills and work experience, they won't pick me over...
I know about that, I have met them myselfs. They tend to have a noticable stutter, but can still move forward when they speak. I have tons of blocks and are often unable to finish sentences. That make...
> at times I may need an extra moment or two to get my words together? this sounds almost trivial. there are many stutters who have extreme difficulty in getting anything out. that's not simply a...
What are you even so afraid of? probably the same as most of us; stuttering. or having people hear we stutter. worried about what they'll think, especially during med school interviews, yikes! I kno...
What if I told you there are stutterers out there with very noticeable stutterers working in advertisement and jobs that require even more public speaking? Excellent oral communication doesn't have an...
My first post on /r/Stutter. I'm 23 yo and have stuttered for as long as I remember. Despite that, I have lived a pretty normal life - I have many friends, I am socially active, I have a beautiful gi...
I hate it that almost every job advertisement has excellent oral communication skills required. Makes me feel like I wont stand a chance beforehand....
Yeah that's true, I worked as waiter in a restaurant even though I know Ill stutter for every call I answer. It helped me to let go of fear of speaking and develop socializing skills. During that peri...
If I were you I'd be looking for jobs where verbal interaction is a must. That's essentially the only way I improved my speech, by speaking more. People figured out that I had a stutter, but they know...