Have to read a whole freakin chapter out loud!!
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BasilTheGreat
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Tough
Well, it's tough. I dropped a class this semester because there was a requirement for a 15-minute presentation. Last semester I had to do a presentation in an English class. I was very nervous but, surprisingly, it went very well.
I'm not sure....my only advice would be to not cause yourself any more anxiety than is necessary. Remember: many people feel nervous and anxious when speaking in front of crowds. The priest at my former church said he felt that way when he was giving homilies! It isn't all that uncommon especially in our individualistic world.
Also, people are just people. What is the worst they can do to you? If they laugh at you - or if you make a fool out of yourself in some way - guess what? The sun will come up tomorrow and you'll still be you.
I know it is hard to change the way we think but sometimes putting it into perspective helps. Maybe you could practice reading it out loud a few times by yourself so you'll be more comfortable?
Well, it's tough. I dropped a class this semester because there was a requirement for a 15-minute presentation. Last semester I had to do a presentation in an English class. I was very nervous but, surprisingly, it went very well.
I'm not sure....my only advice would be to not cause yourself any more anxiety than is necessary. Remember: many people feel nervous and anxious when speaking in front of crowds. The priest at my former church said he felt that way when he was giving homilies! It isn't all that uncommon especially in our individualistic world.
Also, people are just people. What is the worst they can do to you? If they laugh at you - or if you make a fool out of yourself in some way - guess what? The sun will come up tomorrow and you'll still be you.
I know it is hard to change the way we think but sometimes putting it into perspective helps. Maybe you could practice reading it out loud a few times by yourself so you'll be more comfortable?
spikefan777
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Sorry, I'm probably the last person on earth who is of any help. Good luck with that though, I really hope that you do well.
I've only spoken once this year in front of the class. It was so horrible. After the first paragrah my voice was starting to quiver and shake like I was about to cry and I could tell that everyone was feeling sorry for me. Worse of all I still had 2 pages to go.
I've only spoken once this year in front of the class. It was so horrible. After the first paragrah my voice was starting to quiver and shake like I was about to cry and I could tell that everyone was feeling sorry for me. Worse of all I still had 2 pages to go.
BasilTheGreat
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spikefan777 said:I've only spoken once this year in front of the class. It was so horrible. After the first paragrah my voice was starting to quiver and shake like I was about to cry and I could tell that everyone was feeling sorry for me. Worse of all I still had 2 pages to go.
I'm sorry
I know how it feels. I hardly every raise my hand to ask a question or add a comment in class but a few times I have this semester and both times I could feel myself shaking and I'm sure it was noticeable. It is really tough and takes alot of strength to keep up some hope...But keep up the hope.
It's okay that we struggle sometimes. Everything has their problems, ours are just perhaps more noticeable.
xeqshinor
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sorry basil, I know how sh*tty it is. That reminds of though, in my sophomore year we had to do presentations for persuasive essays we had written. Back then my stage fright wasn't bad at all, I was actually somewhat cocky and confident. But there was this girl who would always volunteer to go up in front of the class and share her opinions, etc. Then later in the year when it came time for our presentations.... wow, she must have went into overload or something. Her voice was cracking/quivering, and the whole class could see how hard she was trembling because she was reading off of a piece of paper. You could hear the paper shaking over her voice. Mid way through she start folding the paper up. I thought she was going to make a paper airplane and try to hop a flight out of the class. I don't know, but I think that witnessing that experience of someone else contributed to my fears.
endless_tension
Member
I used to be shaking and sweating real bad, and it was real hard for me to read aloud (and impossible to do presentations and stuff like that).
I had a big presentation coming up that I had to do to finish college. I went to a doctor and told him I had some "stage fright", and he gave me a prescription a pill called "inderal".
It's a "beta-blocker", and it stops all the adrenaline from getting out of control. I didn't really believe in it until I went in front of everyone to do the presentation. Once you take it you won't feel any different. It does not sedate you or make you feel drunk or anything like that. It felt just as bad as before and I thought I was going to make a fool out of myself once again, but once I started I realised that I was not shaking at all. Quite unbelievable actually. Most people shake a little bit during big presentations, so it made me look more confident than everyone else... So I ended up enjoying the presentation.
This thing made me get through college. Presentations are no longer a problem for me.
I think this is something you could try. Talk to a doctor about it.
I had a big presentation coming up that I had to do to finish college. I went to a doctor and told him I had some "stage fright", and he gave me a prescription a pill called "inderal".
It's a "beta-blocker", and it stops all the adrenaline from getting out of control. I didn't really believe in it until I went in front of everyone to do the presentation. Once you take it you won't feel any different. It does not sedate you or make you feel drunk or anything like that. It felt just as bad as before and I thought I was going to make a fool out of myself once again, but once I started I realised that I was not shaking at all. Quite unbelievable actually. Most people shake a little bit during big presentations, so it made me look more confident than everyone else... So I ended up enjoying the presentation.
This thing made me get through college. Presentations are no longer a problem for me.
I think this is something you could try. Talk to a doctor about it.