Social Anxiety Support

polythene · 09-22-2009, 12:44 AM

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ninka · 09-28-2009, 08:09 AM

I don't think I'll give you much of advice, but I know what you're going thru. I am required to give an one-hour presentation of my research every 3 months or so. Everytime I'm thinking about making up an excuse, but so far I've done it. But the anxiety is just terrible: the day before I spend in restroom cramping, I get no sleep the night before and one time, during the presentation, I had to excuse myself in the middle of the talk and had to run to restroom to throw up

Another one in 4 weeks

TMD18 · 09-28-2009, 07:48 PM

I know I went through this for my graduation project in senior year in high school and had to explain my teacher that I have SA and I am fighting it. Now I never said that I would back down, as I said to her, I am FIGHTING and willing to do this presentation to increase my confidence. I got a lot of anxiety out of it, but still passed!

Its great when you're finished everything, just don't give up or you'll be losing to SA! umm, another advice is that its always good to practice over and over OUT LOUD. This'll help you get used to your presentation and lessen mistakes, and embarassments.

Fuzzy Logic · 10-05-2009, 02:36 AM

I have two presentations to do, but luckily they are only small and only about for about 15% of my grade this semester. I think I'll just email my tutors explaining that I cannot do them and I understand the consequences. I will just have to work extra hard on everything else...

telefy · 10-09-2009, 07:31 PM

1) Practice presenting in your basement or car a ton.

2) If you feel uncomfortable with saying something you've written, then pencil it in during rehearsal until the whole thing feels smooth to you.

3) make little bitty notes on note cards that contain the first few words of each sentence, or key phrases of each sentence. The idea here is to be able to just glance down and read the first few words, and recall the rest of the sentnece. Ideally, by the end, you won't need to look at the cards during the presentation (but feel free to during the presentation just to catch your breath and all that --that's what I did).

4) To get my voice in shape I sing very loudly along with some of my albums until my voice is a little horse. For some reason, talking with that voice is easier for me.

Do you like the thesis? If you don't like the thesis that will make things a lot more difficult. When I give presentations I do so in the hopes that it will engage and entertain the audience, that's what gets me by.

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10-05-2009, 02:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fuzzy Logic Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 307	I have two presentations to do, but luckily they are only small and only about for about 15% of my grade this semester. I think I'll just email my tutors explaining that I cannot do them and I understand the consequences. I will just have to work extra hard on everything else... __________________ “There is but a thin line between madness and genius. I have been trying valiantly to cross it, but I don’t think I’m mad enough yet.”

09-28-2009, 08:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
ninka Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovakia Gender: Female Posts: 56	I don't think I'll give you much of advice, but I know what you're going thru. I am required to give an one-hour presentation of my research every 3 months or so. Everytime I'm thinking about making up an excuse, but so far I've done it. But the anxiety is just terrible: the day before I spend in restroom cramping, I get no sleep the night before and one time, during the presentation, I had to excuse myself in the middle of the talk and had to run to restroom to throw up Another one in 4 weeks

09-28-2009, 07:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
TMD18 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 45	I know I went through this for my graduation project in senior year in high school and had to explain my teacher that I have SA and I am fighting it. Now I never said that I would back down, as I said to her, I am FIGHTING and willing to do this presentation to increase my confidence. I got a lot of anxiety out of it, but still passed! Its great when you're finished everything, just don't give up or you'll be losing to SA! umm, another advice is that its always good to practice over and over OUT LOUD. This'll help you get used to your presentation and lessen mistakes, and embarassments.

10-09-2009, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
telefy Status: A safe distance Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 28	1) Practice presenting in your basement or car a ton. 2) If you feel uncomfortable with saying something you've written, then pencil it in during rehearsal until the whole thing feels smooth to you. 3) make little bitty notes on note cards that contain the first few words of each sentence, or key phrases of each sentence. The idea here is to be able to just glance down and read the first few words, and recall the rest of the sentnece. Ideally, by the end, you won't need to look at the cards during the presentation (but feel free to during the presentation just to catch your breath and all that --that's what I did). 4) To get my voice in shape I sing very loudly along with some of my albums until my voice is a little horse. For some reason, talking with that voice is easier for me. Do you like the thesis? If you don't like the thesis that will make things a lot more difficult. When I give presentations I do so in the hopes that it will engage and entertain the audience, that's what gets me by.