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I hear you about it being worse over the phone. For me, it helped to tell the person on the phone that I have a stutter and ask them to be patient, though I could see why others wouldn't want to do th...

Agggh! I have my first ever phone interview in a few days and I'm going crazy.

Agggh! I have my first ever phone interview in a few days and I'm going crazy. I just took a break after getting a 2 year degree and decided to apply at a few companies. One of them has responded and ...

I stutter and I was a ski instructor this past winter, if that counts. To be honest, it did give me some problems, but I loved what I was doing more than I hated stuttering, so it was a good trade of...

I'm talking for 8 hours a day - that's a lot of physical and emotional effort for normal people. Add on the fact that I'm working harder to talk, and that's the drain....

Teaching is pretty damn exhausting overall. Don't blame you. May I ask in what way is your stutter exhausting? It seems like you deal with it extremely effectively in the classroom....

I'm a public high school teacher with 15ish years experience. Every year, the first two things out of my mouth are my name and the fact that I stutter. I then spend about 10 minutes talking about it, ...

My uncle has a moderate-to-severe stutter and he is a college professor. I've never been in his classes though, so I have no idea what that's like, but he must be ok if he manages to make a living fro...

just found out about /stutter

just found out about /stutter First actual post on Reddit finding this sub made me want to ask some things. I’m 23 recently I’ve been thinking about trying out speech therapy. The only things holding ...

I'm a recent Master's graduate, have stuttered since childhood and still do sometimes. I gave a bunch of interviews in the past couple of months. Primary advice, there is no need to tell them that you...

i keep delaying because i have too much to write but let me start with something. Theres no real rule on whether to disclose or not to disclose (tell them you stutter). However I would not recommend t...

So, I have had a stuttering problem for awhile, but like you, it flares up from time to time. I will have to answer phones for my part time job (donut shop) and I sometimes can't even say "hello" or ...

Advice on job interviews

Advice on job interviews hey everyone, I'm just finishing up my masters degree and will be hopefully interviewing for jobs shortly. I was wondering what advice anyone has for approaching job intervi...

Do employers descriminate against stutterers?

Do employers descriminate against stutterers? I'm only 14 but I've still been losing sleep over this for a while. I have an awful stutter, realistically, what are the chances of me getting a job as op...

Positive: Friends - I have a great set of close friends who I know will be there for me no matter what. They have put up with my severe stutter (sometimes being unable to get out anything for over a ...

Wow, awesome post. I'm definitely going to read those books. Not letting my stutter limit myself is something it took me a long time to realize and implement into my life, and now that I have, I'm so ...

Addressing your last paragraph, especially when you say "I'm wasting their time." That's entirely not true. There are those VERY few people that don't understand what stuttering means and think it's s...

Same here. Finishing my undergrad degree now and worried about the future as I want to work with kids who stutter, but what if I can't model words correctly, will this be a problem? Should I try to wo...

(I know I'm not OP but I've got to ask) How does stuttering impacts your job? I want to become a speech therapist too and I'm terrified cause I'm not in total control of my stuttering (I'd say 95% may...

I am an undergrad in the comm dis major and also stutter. So nervous about grad school and having this profession eventually while having to deal with my own stutter - I'd like to work with kids who s...

Haha, that's so weird. I'm a high school English teacher as well, and I've actually found that I stutter much less now that I'm teaching full time. :) I still do get blocks though, and that's why I'...