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reliableShade7850
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I struggle wih public speakig anxiety, the problem is not trembling or sweating or nervous thoughts, the problem is blanking out like I feel so sluggish when on stage, so shrinked in.

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Overly narcicist father
Trauma Support / by reliableShade7850
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 May 5th
...See more Please I feel so down currently, I might need to do this everyday I'm so grateful that I have a place to talk about this in. Almost every week my father scolds me for having bodily instincts that hate him, like intentionally not doing eye contact or moving away for my father's seat because my intuition always tells me that I'm not in a comfortable position with him (this is only a small portion of it) And now my father is making a problem about it, it's supposed to make him wake up that he's wrong but I guess Im at fault??? . I've been dealing with this for years and I've had so much coping strategies like working out everyday (it was fueled with self hate), writing, running 4AM in the morning, meditating, they work, but I couldn't ge far to healing with them only. I needed to touch the root cause which is trauma by my father. This is the most effective coping strategy I've found, by seeking help, I'm so worried about my future and that's why I do this, even though it's only ranting out by typing right now. Thank you so much for reading this. I'm dealing with alot right now. Thank you so much.
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Presentation anxiety
Anxiety Support / by reliableShade7850
Last post
 May 3rd
...See more Yesterday I had a presentation in my college, and I had to present my ideas about the topic to my colleagues. But when I got up front, everything in my mind went blank, so I instinctually cherry pick my thoughts, and that went SUPER badly I also wasn't even able to finish one sentence, I felt like I wasnt being myself either. I was intentionally speaking loudly, I was trying to form sentences in a way I'm a bit foreign to. I was moving my body the whole time, but even that I was still nervouse as ***. I am so tired of this, because this has been going since middleschool. I want whatever is making me feel like this to be gone, I will have alot of times when I will go upfront and speak. I'm not even acknowledging the feelig that much anymore when I go upfront because I've experienced this too many times I just wanted to rant out, thank you for reading my message
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