Classes with public speaking/presentations, severe anxiety, how do you deal?

aemaeth
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:17:12 +0000

Do most students care? I am an engineering major, and up to now senior/junior year, everything was just knocking out the physics, calculus, circuits and heavy math/science work.

NOW, I have two classes this semester (communications for engineers and a project management class) which is heavy presentations/interviews/group presentations aka public speaking.

I absolutely hate doing this kind of stuff, I rather be locked in a room for 30 days with no food and just do calculus, chained as a prisoner.

So how do you guys deal with presentations or public speaking? the anxiety that comes with it? Is severe anxiety, like getting tempted to not even show up to class normal?