Darker Than Black
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I want to be around people, when I sit in class by myself, I feel so nervous, sad, and lonely.
ha thats funny. I do the same thing on campus, mr coolness. I have yet to move up to the conversation part, though. in time...
I'm the same way in class, black, and I count down the minutes until I'm out of there. I don't know why though cus I will only leave to be by myself.
one thing that helped me when i was in college i would tell myself that i would smile at one girl that i found pretty everyday.I started to do that and she would smile back.this makes you feel comfortable and less lonely if u try that.it will boost your confidence too hope that helps
I'm sick of moping about convincing myself other people are horrible and ignore me, when really it's my own fault.
Yea i just hate sitting in class and watching those people joking and talking happily to each other, disgust me... I also feel like an idiot when the instructor calls on me, because i can't really reply with a good answer. Mostly stutters and confused statements, that usually just kills me.
Ditto. What frustrates me is that I've had plenty of opportunities to make friends or talk in class. People approach me, and start to make conversation. The fact that I can't ever further that conversation and develop it into a friendship bothers me. It feels like somebody's over my head and offering me candy, but then my SA makes me just slightly too short to be able to reach and accept that candy. So then that person just walks away, thinking I don't want it.
I don't know if I would feel better or worse if I was never approached at all, but the fact that I do get approached and I get nervous and f-ck it up everytime kills me. I watch people make idle chat about nothing at all - the most mundane sh-t in the world, and I get frustrated because I think "how is it that they can have those conversations and I can't?" And it's not like I can't ever be like-able. I've had moments where I've shown bits and pieces of who I am and those bits and pieces have made people smile or laugh. I just don't know how to turn those fragmentary moments into something longlasting.
You're very articulate. From what I've seen at least. In real life, I can't express anything coherently. it's pathetic. Anything that takes longer than 2 or 3 sentences , it's like everything just falls apart after I mumbled out the first few lines lol. And I got a presentation coming up in 2 weeks and I don't even know what topic I should choose. so dreading it ::
Yea i just hate sitting in class and watching those people joking and talking happily to each other, disgust me...
Try to choose a topic you like (I know that's probably obvious, lol). Is there a specific subject you have to choose a topic from? Maybe I can throw out some suggestions for you.
It's a technical presentation. I'm allowed to talk about anything as long as it's technical - as in discussion of a technology. My prof said that in the past a student did it on "how to properly grow marijuana". So it's pretty open-ended. any suggestions are welcome lol
The problem is I know a little about everything but I'm not much of an expert on anything in specific. So my plan is to pick a topic that I tihnk the evaluators will like, and then do a lot of reading on it so I become familiar with it.
I was looking at the marking rubric and it sounded really scary. They'd mark me on hand gestures, volume, tone, individual eye-contact for each audience among other things. So once I have the topic I'd practice by videotaping myself doing the presentation a few times.
I really think it's better to go with what you like, than what will make the teacher, happy. Believe me, the more it interests you, the more you will remember and the easier your presentation will be.
It sounds like knowing the content inside and out isn't as important as your behavior during the presentation. Seems like it's ok to have a basic understanding of something without having to be an expert on it, as long as you present it professionally.
You could research the impact of social networking sites like myspace/facebook - I'm sure there are articles about it online. Or you could research electroshock therapy and how it's becoming more popular again. If it were me, I'd do something kind of morbid, like talk about torture devices (or just one device) and how they've/it's evolved over the years (within set dates, of course), or even torture devices of a specific period. Or you could do something about video games, if that's what you're into. Or maybe battle bots for electronic fighting competitions