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Stuttering and the military

Stuttering and the military I'm a stutter and i really want to join the marines i heard some not so good things about stuttering and the military, like you may not be able to join, but i was wonderin...

I'm a stuttering fool who decided to make a podcast

I'm a stuttering fool who decided to make a podcast I'm a graduate student at the University of Washington who mustered up the courage to become a podcaster despite having a persistent stutter. I've b...

A small victory

A small victory I've had a moderate to severe stutter (depending on the day) since I was 7 years old. Recently the lady who trained me at my current job left, leaving me to take over some of her respo...

Actually it's fucking terrible that part of my job is calling clients. Theoretically, practice makes perfect. Problem is I've been calling with this problem for the past month and it never got better....

It makes me really happy to see that you can have a job speaking to people while having this problem. I'm consistently afraid that it'll get worse and hinder my ability to be in any kind of leadership...

I am the exact same way! Mine really shows up when I have to have an extended conversation. I can rattle of 1-4 sentences pretty fluently but say at work if I am having to go into detail on something,...

I really never even considered telling people that I stutter directly (without them finding out on their own) until my therapist brought it up as a technique to help reduce stress. It doesn't necessa...

Hi, i have the exact same situation. I stutter in job interviews and presentations. Before starting my interview for the current job that i am in, i told the panel that "See normally i don't stammer,...

I used to get stuck on the "What's your name?" question all the time. The thing that helped me was when I got a job at a supermarket as a cashier. We had phones that we could use when we had to call a...

Ya, but I argue that sort of makes it worse. It seems to me that it makes the whole interview process more about my speech than about my qualifications. ...

Job interviews are the worst for me. I'm fairly fluent in general conversations and social interactions, but I completely fall apart at job interviews. Mostly blocks here too. I've considered coming...

Thanks for replying. I guess it's more common than I thought. Deem down I have no real confidence or conviction in what I say when talking. I tend to speak fast, rush my sentences as if to finish tal...