2013-05-22, 04:22 PM
Gave my Undergrad Research Topic presentation.
I was literally trembling and sweating cold 1 hour before showtime. But when I actually entered the room, I was calm! Questions? Pfft, I didn't freak out or anything. It makes all that time I spent trembling in fear silly.
On the other hand, I swear the girl that was giving her presentation before me was having a panic attack. I had to convince her to sit down and calm down instead of going straight home because she was just a wreck. She was trembling AND HYPERVENTILATING! I had never in my life seen a panic attack, but if what she was going through wasn't one then I don't even know...
And not a single professor took the time to try to calm her down. I mean, regardless of how well or bad she did in her presentation, she was clearly not in a healthy state of mind. I know that professors try to play the bad guys here to freak out the students, but imo, letting her walk out in her state of mind was inconsiderate.
I was literally trembling and sweating cold 1 hour before showtime. But when I actually entered the room, I was calm! Questions? Pfft, I didn't freak out or anything. It makes all that time I spent trembling in fear silly.
On the other hand, I swear the girl that was giving her presentation before me was having a panic attack. I had to convince her to sit down and calm down instead of going straight home because she was just a wreck. She was trembling AND HYPERVENTILATING! I had never in my life seen a panic attack, but if what she was going through wasn't one then I don't even know...
And not a single professor took the time to try to calm her down. I mean, regardless of how well or bad she did in her presentation, she was clearly not in a healthy state of mind. I know that professors try to play the bad guys here to freak out the students, but imo, letting her walk out in her state of mind was inconsiderate.