postr/StutterOctober 27, 2014

I feel like I'm going to go nowhere in life.

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I feel like I'm going to go nowhere in life. So, a little background: I'm 20 years old and I've had a severe stutter since I was 12 years old. Through the years it has only gotten worse. It didn't REALLY affected me when I was in highschool aside from having to do oral presentations and such. Recently, though, I had to drop out of college due to financial problems (I will hopefully start next year though!) and I decided to look for a job. Having interviews is really really hard for me (It's like when people expect me to say something, my stutter gets WAY worse). I haven't had an interview yet, but I skipped one (I took the easy way out, shitty thing to do, I know) and I have been really depressed lately due to the fact that I have nothing to do and the idea of having aninterview terrorizes me. Do you guys have any advice/similar experiences? Thank you for reading!

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionHelplessness & AgencyEmployment & Career

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emotional_statesocial_pressure