Please send good thoughts this way... I have a presentation to give in front my professor and other PhD students.
Unfortunately, I really dislike public speaking. By dislike, I actually mean that public speaking creates so much anxiety for me that I even refrain from asking questions in class--much less openly participate. I know that in retrospect, this is really not as big as I make it out to seem, but I completely blank when I'm in front of people and it doesn't matter how much I prepare, or how well versed I am on the subject, the second I'm put in front of a group of people I absolutely panic and I'm unable to form coherent sentences. I've tried writing down everything I want to say, however the second I lose my place---I panic---or even stutter my way through a sentence. Please keep me in your thoughts tomorrow...I'm probably going to stay up all night practicing.
Thank you all. |