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When I would give presentations in front of the class for high school/college I would tell the teacher that I have a stutter just to let them know, and upon presenting the students didn’t say/do anyth...

This is my story. A life with stuttering.

This is my story. A life with stuttering. This is my story, A life with stuttering. I have been stuttering all my life, since I was a toddler. I have finished my university degree and have difficulty ...

I stutter over my name really badly. It's just one of those words unfortunately. So when I give presentations at work, I typically throw up an image of the waterboy and explain my situation in a light...

Does anyone have/make jokes about their stutters?

Does anyone have/make jokes about their stutters? I heard someone talk about joking about their stutter when introducing it to new people to not make it awkward, anyone have good lines they use?...

Same. If I know exactly what I’m going to say I’ll hardly stutter if at all....

for me.... it's the way around.. I stammer the most ehile speaking in front of the class...

Thanks. After I started getting to be able to get through several repetitions I thought, what next? I started learning about ventriloquism. Ventriloquists use similar sounding sounds to get around sou...

Are you sure this isn’t me? I’m a 28 year old Sam, who is terrified when ordering at Starbucks. I would have been mortified by that response from the barista. On a a side not, I like to make fun of m...

I think you just need more time in the fire. Get burned so much it stops hurting, and your confidence can grow. Hang in there. It won’t kill you, it will only hurt, and this is your cross to bear....

Editor in chief of a special interest magazine. Worked as editor and reporter in community newspapers for several years before. Journalism was a gauntlet but got me over fearing my stutter. I still s...

I have a supply chain degree. Going through the college of business, there were plenty of presentations that I had to do. My junior year I got tired of the embarrasment. I decided to start my presenta...

What helped me

What helped me I am currently 45 and have stuttered my whole life to some degree. As a child it was intense. Often i would sound like a car turning over "rrrr-rrr-rrrr". Getting pulled out of class fo...

I am assuming that you want to know how we did the higher education despite having a stutter. I did BCOM then MBA (didn't bother to go to university to get the degree anyway). Back then, It was s...

Dont plan your life around your stutter. You will absolutely regret it later. I know it sucks. I know less speaking is an easy solution. But why be a mime when opera singer is your dream? Do what you ...

I can second this. I was a real estate lawyer for 20 years. Face to face negotiations were pretty easy to avoid and phone negotiations can be gotten through. Most of the time a transactional lawyer...

I tried to avoid speaking in my last years of high school and first year of college too. I was offered an internship in journalism and have had a career in media for 10 years. Stuttering won’t kill yo...

Marketing circa 1994 I have been with the same company for 24 years and the role in which I spoke the least was when I was responsible for maintaining data in our electronic catalog. This would be d...

Seconding this great advice. You'll regret it if you get stuck on a course you hate. Good professors want you to succeed (if only for their student evals ;) ) and will do what they can to help their s...

I got a degree in Marketing and work in a client management role, which just means I talk a lot. The stutter is always going to be there but I don't let it discourage me. Find something you like and d...

There is only ONE right answer to this question: you should get the degree you're more interested in. To look for a way to speak lesser is not a good choice, to be honest....