Is the anxiety gone or still here?
I'm confused. In my worst days, going out with a friend meant an anxiety attack, i'd almost faint if someone looked at me, keep quiet and not reply when someone talked to me. Panic sending a message and physically not being able to send a text to a classmate. I'd arrive school super early so I would walk in the hallways with them empty and hide in my corner near my classroom. That changed with university, but now thinking about talking to my new friends and classmates after classes (i'm giving up university because of mental health like depression and generalized anxiety) end makes me panic and freeze, because i'm so scared they'll think i'm weird or annoying and judge me and talk about me behind my back. It's freaking me out. Would you count this as social anxiety still? (I was diagnosed in 2013) What can I do? In everything else i'm better and i was happy, but now... Besides I have a presentation and i'm scared... oral presentations were a big trigger, and i haven't done on in a year. I don't know what to do. Help?
Sounds like you're doing better but you're still anxious. College friends are usually pretty chill. Plus they're already your friends so you know they like you. I hate presentations too. I use a lotta slides w/ a lotta pics & write most of it out on the slides or note cards so there's other stuff for me & the audience to focus on. Vids are good too, stuff to pass around, handouts, any kind of visual. Most people don't pay attention anyway btw
Thank you for replying. Actually they're pretty nice, first people to not call me weirdo for going early to study and can actually talk about studying and new things during lunch time because that's normal for us. It's just that since a little girl, summer comes and no one cares. Most times.
Myprofessor doesn't like notes or too much text on slides. She could take points for taking a piece of paper with me. But i'll try that, thanks.
They sound awesome. There's a lot more diversity @ colleges & less conformity so you end up w/ people w/ a similar normal to your normal. It's a lot easier to be yourself. Glad you found cool friends like that. I understand about summer. For me that changed in college. We couldn't physically meet a lot-did about once w/ e@ of my best friends-but we texted a ton. I felt a lot less alone. A lotta people feel outta place during the summer in college. They're outta touch w/ home friends & usually not close to college friends so most college students make more of an effort to keep in touch w/ college friends than in high school. College friends are also much more genuine. I've kept in touch w/ like 2 people from high school. 1's in another country but we make it work. I keep in touch pretty regularly w/ 4college friends & somewhat w/ more.
Ugh I hate classes like that. Could you still use visuals? I once put 1 big img & 2 small on every slide & had a 5 min vid. & you could always jot some notes on your palm. They can't punish you for "tats" lol
