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I am for it. I don't really do it much but that's because i'm not comfortable with my stutter and myself enough to do it. It's primarily about taking control; owning your stutter. You disclose on your...

Stuttering & Self-disclosure: Opinions?

Stuttering & Self-disclosure: Opinions? Self-disclosure is to reveal to an audience that you stutter before starting a speech/interview. Many speech pathologists advise stutterers to disclose thei...

[Vent] Interview

[Vent] Interview Currently looking for a new job, ironically in a field that has me talking, presenting, and communicating verbally a great deal. I've been a stutterer since I was a child, where I ...

Just another reason why this disorder is so difficult! All through school and grad school I was VERY dysfluent...even with clients. Once a graduated and started my real job my fluency improved treme...

Help, I'm a stutter & its hereditary.

Help, I'm a stutter & its hereditary. Hi guys, I know this is a fairly small subreddit but I thought I'd share my problem anyway, hoping for a tip or two. So the thing is, I'm a stutter. It is som...

Actually no. I stutter much more with strangers, especially on the phone. Which makes my sales job that much more difficult. Maybe I stutter a bit more around my dad but it's less of a big deal for me...

I try to hide it all the time and its very tiring but then again people aren't as tolerant in the workplace...

Stuttering and Jaw Tension

Stuttering and Jaw Tension Here’s some background information. When I was younger, I was an excellent speaker. I was outgoing. I used to volunteer to read in front of classrooms, and I had no problem ...

IT worker here. I've had pretty severe cases of stuttering throughout most of my life. I still do it in various situations, and it varies from crippling to barely a flip on the radar. When I first ...

I'm curious if you can list your speech impediment as a disability on your job applications. It seems like something you might have to do if you are really incomprehensible at times....

Tips? Advice?

Tips? Advice? I have had a stutter basically my whole life, i wouldn't call it "severe" I started working for a good company in my area 4 years ago. Started in the outgoing mailroom and quickly learne...

Late response but just found this sub: I stutter when I am tired. Usually I wax lyrical without a care in the world but when I am very tired (and that's very rare) and I have to concentrate, I stutter...

Sept 4th is going to be my first day of mechanical engineering in college. My mom will never know :)...

Oof. This really resonated with me... I had an identical experience in school and still do at work. I'll be anxious for days before any situation where I have to meet new people, and the anxiety is ...

Advertise at the beginning of the podcast. Nothing major just "Hey just want to let you know I have a stutter so if you hear me having trouble with any words that's what that is" You will be amazed a...

Two techniques I use to reduce my stuttering is remembering to breath and to enunciate my words, but I do agree that when talking to people techniques are easy to forget. Like today I was conducting a...

Going to be on a podcast tonight - Need advice

Going to be on a podcast tonight - Need advice I am going to be interviewed as part of a podcast later tonight and I am pretty nervous about my stuttering. There are times where I can go minutes on en...

I had the same thoughts about this. I recently applied to a local best buy. Im hoping if I get a interview this wont be a issue....

Hey, this is good advice, but I have a question: how does one go about getting a virtual "work from home" job? Was it harder to get given your stutter? How do you like it? Thanks. ...

conference call failure

conference call failure I was hoping this conference call would go better than others in the past, it didn't. I kept stuttering on certain words that are unavoidable. They were quiet, as if they di...