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BS Economics and MBA, honestly the hundreds of presentations I’ve had to give has helped my stutter to the point where I am a decent public speaker and only have a slight stutter. My advice is fuck wh...

Do yourself a favor and choose the program you really think you have an interest in. Current you wants to avoid speaking and stuttering to save yourself from embarassment, but future you will hate thi...

What helps me? Challenging my stutter and proving my negative thoughts wrong. Just today, I was tasked with swapping $10 in coins for a $10 note at my local convenience store (a big deal for a stutte...

I'm doing medicine. It can be a struggle to speak with the patients but I've managed to gain enough confidence to do that easily without stuttering much. The thing I still struggle with is talking to ...

Psychiatric nurse here, can affect it on some occasions like introducing myself to new patients, their family members or other staff; answering phone calls; calling next-of-kins (especially when the p...

I don't have the numbers, but I'm willing to wager that the number of people who stuttered into adulthood and then stopped or lessened by "growing out of it" is less than the number who stopped via a ...

Self pity, depressive mood, suicidal thoughts. Fuck all that. Not easy, but let's get the fuck over it.

Self pity, depressive mood, suicidal thoughts. Fuck all that. Not easy, but let's get the fuck over it. I just went out with my cousin and a common friend, and today my speech just didn't work. Someti...

One thing you should know is your stutter will probably get better with age. I went to law school with a stutter myself, though mine was not as severe. There are challenges, but keep in mind that th...

Theory

Theory Why is it we get blocked more on the phone , or when talking to people in general, when alone i almost never stutter when talking to myself and could say anything fluently but around people I h...

Whenever someone mocks my stutter, I just acknowledge their half-assed imitation of it and move on to the next subject. I don't feel hurt, nor do I hate the person. I simply just don't care at this p...

36M, Working as a scientist and having frequent telephone conferences, giving talks or having to win customers and particpants for projects. I didn't start my job doing all these things, but grew in d...

That is interesting and tough. I'm going through something similar. I say everything I want to say and definitely don't hide my stuttering, but I still struggle in other ways. I have a lot of avoidanc...

IT or technical fields seem to be the refuge for stutterers and I am no exception. IT manager and sysadmin morphing into devops. As I am getting older I have noticed i am beginning to care less about ...

What I’ve noticed with fluent people is their tendency to say “um” and have frequent pauses. Use this to your advantage! Maybe don’t say “um” but have frequent pauses and breaks where necessary and *b...

Work on a missile defense system for a defense contractor. Have to interface with the customer when training soldiers on maintenance, sometimes train different countries military on things. Get some w...

Ya it’s pretty awful working with clients all day. I’m learning python and plan on getting into software engineering. More sweet avoidance! At least it will benefit me financially as well. Lol. Being ...

And always the excuse that we need written instructions 'for our records' - never fails. So glad I don't work with customers any more or having to use radios...

I do quality assurance and compliance so basically just writing audit reports and quality manuals all day long. It's total busywork but I enjoy it. Phone wise, all our calls come via the Receptionis...

I killed my speech

I killed my speech Remember the vomit? Well I went in for another rehearsal where I didn't do so well. It had less to do with fluency than with content. My speech was kind of all over the place and...

Yeah, apparently it's a thing that many stutterers tend to do. I wasn't aware of doing it, but when I was informed that I did so, it suddenly became more awkward to carry out a conversation. These da...