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From: Aisha Iftikhar- Kean Graduate Student
Date: 14 Oct 2012
Time: 13:45:24 -0500
Remote Name: 68.192.52.145
First and foremost, the title of this article is amazing. It made me chuckle. I do not stutter but I have extreme anxiety when I'm making important phone calls (e.g. interviews, breaking bad news). I can imagine how stressful this may be for an individual who stutters. I think you provided wonderful tips such as making practice calls, ice-breaker calls to familiar people, and using voice-mail scripts. I will definitely use these in the future! However, I think the most important advice you gave was advertising your stutter. I recently attended an NSA meeting, and many individuals discussed that this strategy helps decrease their anxiety level. My question for you is: Did you feel more comfortable calling strangers or familiar people?