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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
2 points

First thing I say in a job interview is along the lines of, “I’ll be up front with you, I stutter”. The biggest mistake I ever made was to not tell them and try to hide it. It leaves them to make assu...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
2 points

Sorry for your loss, since you didn’t stutter before DON’T think about the stutter otherwise you’ll create a pattern and you’ll make it worse...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
2 points

The more I called, the less I cared, the easier it got over time. Jump into the fire and go for a swim....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
1 points

my problem is that i wasnt doing this a month ago, there has to be a cause and some way that i can help with it, i work customer service answering phones on a daily basis, its not exactly a good look...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionEnvironmental TriggersSchool & Academic Life
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
4 points

Wanting a part of you you can't change to go away is only going to exacerbate the issue. You can try to completely change the way you speak in effort to control your stutter or you can let it be and m...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & Pride
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
4 points

Ive developed a stutter, and want it to go away

Ive developed a stutter, and want it to go away So i answer phones at my job, very repetitive prompt when i answer the phone. "Jefferson City Correctional Center, How can I help you?" Ive worked here ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & Stuttering
Avoidance & SubstitutionRepetitions & Prolongations
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
3 points

This is so me with my barber appointments: Previously I would rather drive to the business to make one F2F rather than calling them. Nowadays most of the time after my appointment I instantly make a n...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
2 points

Hey, friend! I feel the struggle. I’m 26 in the risk consulting field. Trying to walk clients through 60+ pages of vulnerability risks and solutions was the bane of my existence for the first few year...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
5 points

This is some harsh truth perhaps, but if you having a stutter is reason enough for the employer to not hire you, that's not a place you want to work in the first place. My honest advice is to embrac...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentDisclosure & Telling Others
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
20 points

Not crying, just needed to vent after a tough interview day

Not crying, just needed to vent after a tough interview day Hey everyone, I just wanted to let this out somewhere. Not crying, just a bit low today. I’m in tech and I have a moderate stammer. It’s som...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionStress & Fight/FlightAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/StutterJun 9, 2025
6 points

How to overcome stuttering in the job interviews?

How to overcome stuttering in the job interviews? I am from Pakistan and I have a stammering problem since my childhood. Whenever I give job interviews, I stutter a alot due to anxiety and pressure s...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
postr/stutteringJun 9, 2025
2 points

How to overcome stuttering during job interviews?

How to overcome stuttering during job interviews? I am from Pakistan and I have a stammering problem since my childhood. Whenever I give job interviews, I stutter a alot due to anxiety and pressure si...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work
Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social Judgment+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 9, 2025
3 points

I just say it is what it is and I said to my managers that speaking wasnt my strong suit. There are instances that I stammer at work but I just try to get my words out....

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJun 8, 2025
41 points

How stammering is holding me back in my software Engineering job

How stammering is holding me back in my software Engineering job I am 26 years old and have been working as a software engineer for 3 years now. I am stammering from my childhood and have always lived...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilitySchool & Work
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2025
4 points

I agree man. Wondering how do you avoid presentations? People think I’m scared and stuff but honestly I’m not at all and wish I speak fluently because I really love to present but I cannot....

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
School & Academic LifeAvoidance & Substitution
postr/StutterJun 8, 2025
16 points

Covert Stuttering

Covert Stuttering 27 year old here who has stuttered for my whole life. I have a covert stutter, meaning I’ve become an expert at hiding it (well, for the most part). The few times I have told someone...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation+1 more
postr/StutterJun 8, 2025
11 points

Only God Can Fix this

Only God Can Fix this Socializing & exposing myself to people doesn't help me I've spent 6 years in hostel from class 6 to 12...where I lived with 100s of people around me, talk with them but no impr...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Avoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & FluctuationSadness & Hopelessness
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

Kinda similar but not rly, I went to law school and realised my stutter was so bad I would never be successful at doing trials. So I've gone into a more advisory practice which I love, and I rarely, i...

School & WorkAnticipation & Avoidance
Employment & CareerAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

I've started doing this too! It makes my life way easier. I don't have to feel the anxiety of not being able to say my own name and birthday, and they still get the required info they're asking for....

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
postr/StutterJun 7, 2025
1 points

frustrated

frustrated my stutter used to be pretty manageable and i made progress but it’s gotten so much worse after a battle with substances i had. i feel like my confidence is just plummeting between shame ov...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceMeds & Substances
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentShame & Embarrassment+1 more