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I'm so nervous. I can never do presentations in front of my


Question Posted Sunday February 4 2007, 8:09 pm

I'm generally not a shy person, but when you put me up in front of my whole entire class...things change. I either turn really red, forget everything, start shaking, etc. I was absent, so I couldn't help my partner with a project and the day I went back, the teacher told me that I had to do it by myself. Now, I have to go up in front of my class and present an African Fable with a moral that I made up. It sounds so stupid and plus we have to MEMORIZE it! She won't even let us use our paper, which is going to make me even more nervous since I have nothing to hold. We also have to draw a picture and I'm not the best drawer, so that's just going to make it even more embaressing. Everyone else in my class had a partner, but since I'm by myself...blah. I don't know what to do. I don't want to be so nervous about this tomorrow morning. Is there any way that I can calm down before the presentation and not act and feel so nervous?

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Hypatia answered Sunday February 4 2007, 9:23 pm:
Oh, I have the same exact problem. I have to present a Macbeth soliloquy tomorrow in front of the whole class because I didn't do it on Friday because I totally lost it and froze up.

This is how I'm going to try and overcome it:

I've been trying to focus on the material rather than 'HOLY SHIT LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE!'... I hope that works for me tomorrow.

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yourrtrustyhelpline answered Sunday February 4 2007, 9:19 pm:
just pretend that there`s no one in the room. stare at the back of the wall, don`t look at the other people. don`t psyche yourself out. just tell yourself it`ll be okay, it`ll go by fast, and that you can do it.

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duudee_advicer answered Sunday February 4 2007, 9:17 pm:
I'm pretty much the same way these days.
Presentations used to be no biggie for me,
cause I never really cared what people thought
about me but latley they've gotten harder.

Before presentations I always:
1) Inhale to the count of 5, exhale
until the count of 8. This will slow your
heart rate down and calm your whole body down.
2) I always check to make sure theres nothing
wrong with myself that could result in
embarressment (boogers lol etc) it may sound
weird but it'll help you incase you happen
to be bleeding through or anything.
3) I sing a song to myself, I love music
and it always puts me in better moods so I
sing my favorite song and my worries go away.
4) Smile when you're presenting. It'll
give you confidence. Even if you're not confident
it'll give the impression that you are.

Good Luck<3

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