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I was in your shoes. My solution: I asked friends, neighbors, and the occasional relative to do a mock interview with me. I practiced, and practiced and practiced until I was desensitized to th...

Hey, I can definitely feel your pain. Every time I have to say something I always have to do a mini rehearsal. It's really exhausting stressing on every word before you say it. Here's something you c...

This is probably not a sustainable way if you have to do public speaking on a regular basis/have to do it on the fly, but what has worked for me throughout university was to prepare scripts that "flow...

I'm taking speech therapy currently on my stutter but my therapist gave valuable advice that although stuttering may not completely go away, at least you can change your mindset on it. He suggested to...

Actually no, I’m quite the opposite. I’m more confident during prepared speeches, so my stuttering drastically decreases. But on the flip side......

Thanks for your reply :). I know disclosing your stutter is a very personal decision and a hard one. Regarding people in general, you can take your time and start with the people you are closest with ...

Wonderful post! I can relate to almost everything you said (except the part you mentioned that you almost forgot about your stutter) and I’m really inspired by your story. Being in the second year of ...

Practice interviewing with people you're comfortable with, and then practice with strangers. I usually practice presentations with english tutor in sites like Verbling. I tell the tutor that I've stut...

When I read your message it felt very similar to my own experience, so I had to reply. What I have been doing lately and did in my last interview was come out and explain that I stutter at the first ...

Stuttering during interviews

Stuttering during interviews I would say I have a “mild” stutter. Most of the time, I can speak fine but it does occasionally rear its ugly head. Its like my brain wont let me say the word and I stumb...

I think the script isn't the best idea. I stutter more when reading something. Why don't you make a list with bullet points just as a reminder of what you want to talk about and go from there. And the...

An editing program will let you do multiple takes of the script and then stitch the best ones together afterwards, to better suit your desired presentation....

someone told me to keep rehearsing the 'wins' in your mind over and over, and forget any 'defeats', so to speak....

Did something change in your Junior year? Did you stop/start a medication or something cause you to become more stressed? This may sound dumb but practice saying your name different ways and see wh...

If you want to do the presentation, tell to your professor that you really want to do it, and if they say no, make them feel that it's discrimination, they should feel bad for it. The tip that helped...

I wrote my personal essay for college about my stutter, and now that I’ve been accepted, I figured you guys may want to read it too.

I wrote my personal essay for college about my stutter, and now that I’ve been accepted, I figured you guys may want to read it too. Have you ever thought about articulating the word "debacle", or con...

Those are definitely my main focuses right now. I would say my self esteem is at its lowest when I go out with my friends or boyfriend. It sucks when everyone is able to just freely conversate or put ...

First of all,sincere thanks for your willingness to help.I think it escalates when talking to ,,authority,, figures,but I think it has evolved into a universal problem at this point,even in-person con...

Just a quick video about a job I did where I was a marshal for Laser Quest. Basically a game of laser tag and I, as the Marshal had to explain how to play to the audience/players about to go in. I h...

Mixed with my stutter and anxiety on the phone, I have to rehearse or even write a script of sentences I need to say for professional phone calls or helplines. However if I know the person well, gami...