I've given presentations before - many of them! And have gotten better about it. But does anybody else have this experience: some times, for seemingly no reason, all of the old anxiety will come back. Like you haven't "improved" at all! It's very discouraging...and makes it feel as though no matter what you do and how hard you try, the anxiety is always there, like a sword above your head, and can strike you at any time!
"Getting better" - "recovery" - seems like a lie.
I'm typing this rather than actually looking over my notes for the presentation: because I know if I do I'll just get more and more nervous.
And I worry that I'll forget everything I want to say! I know I've had this worry before, and of course I never actually completely blank out and forget how to speak -- but still the worry comes back again and again.
Urrgh!
I'll be back in an hour to let you know how it went. :blank
"Getting better" - "recovery" - seems like a lie.
I'm typing this rather than actually looking over my notes for the presentation: because I know if I do I'll just get more and more nervous.
And I worry that I'll forget everything I want to say! I know I've had this worry before, and of course I never actually completely blank out and forget how to speak -- but still the worry comes back again and again.
Urrgh!
I'll be back in an hour to let you know how it went. :blank
via Social Anxiety Forum http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f35/presentation-in-20-minutes-urggh-364177/
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