it's impacting my gains heavily...
i have one specific situation i need to get control of ASAP: i have to present next Monday. i have something of PTSD when it comes to presenting in front of people and this is going to be a particularly big group.
how do i not frick it up and become a stuttering moron that loses his voice?
Make sure you are well prepared. All you can do. Confidence is earned only through successes.
im successful ive won 8 awards in med school and im fitter than everyone i know
but the voice in my head is the same
the perception of the old me remains no matter what
Well then you have to think more like a psychopath: Are these feelings helping me, or hurting me? If the latter, kill them.
easier said than done. if there was a lion in the corner of your room ready to attack you, you'd feel scared too
that's how it is for me
benzos
thats what i used to use for presentations, but i'm tired of this crutch. it intensely bothers me that without benzos i am like this and my fight or flight response is activated so easily. i feel like without this problem my life would be fixed
if you have some around and know how they affect you then take it and do the presentation. everybody will be glad. good grades, admiration.
but be aware they are physically addictive but this is common knowledge i guess
I have that too. I was going to give a presentation for my class, 10 minutes before the professor told me he invited some of the directors of the companies that where in my presentation.
Huuuge urge to bail.
Almost throw up.
Almost faint.
But then, frickit, look at that skinny gay, that bald b***h, I squat more than them, that b***h sure does some pilates bullshit look at those flaccid arms. Confidence at max.
Then I puke all over the pace, I got a 0 and they had to call an ambulance.
damn nightmare fuel bro
i don't have any at the moment. that is the issue
First thing you need to do is cut out carbs. Less than 10g a day. Preferably 0 starting out. Then, and this is the key where everyone fricks up, you need to MASSIVELY increase your fat intake. High protein is not what you want. There are numerous studies showing how ketosis reduces social anxiety. No I won’t be citing them.
Cite them right now you bastard, or else I will sock you in your goddamn face and you'll stay plastered
Start lodaing creatine
Lift heavy on Sunday
You won't be calm but you'll be assertive, you can rawdog it
I literally just picture this man in my head. Sometimes he’s giving me words of stern wisdom, sometimes I picture that I am him. I have achieved more success doing this than I should of. I landed a high paying that I had zero qualifications for. I’ve gained a respected standing amongst my family who disliked me and disrespected me to my face for years. I’ve been hit on by multiple women which is something that never used to happen for me (I turn them down, because that’s what Lord Tywin of House Lannister would do). Completely changed my life. Take the Lionpill.
exposure
That is illegal, you will be arrested and put on the sex offender list
Go to doctor
Tell him you have stage fright
Receive beta blockers
They're common among performers, they take away stage fright without intoxicating you in any way like alcohol
drukmaxxing
Realoze that everyone else there have flaws.
Look at some members of your audience as if they are children. Try to see the child in the adult face.
Realize they are same kids.
Get relaxed
Tell thrm
Also id advise making bulletpoints for self. Do not try to learn it by heart.
banan
putin huilo
get social experience
I don’t drink, but whenever I smoke a sativa, my social anxiety disappears
Improv theater
Makes you be a fool in front of audience
Easy vehicle to work throigh a lot of emotions and traauma
I think in 1 year i went from complete assburger to center of a group.
10 yrs later i am a leader and a manager
You can literally play a role of stutgering moron who becomes less stuttering as the skit goes on.
Later brain will interpret this as real objective reason and experience to not be stuttering in real life situatioms
37yo here. I learned that in life you must throw yourself at the pain.
Hope you get through it bro, I have such bad social anxiety about the gym that I can't go outside of the hours 23:00 - 05:00.