Ford Prefect

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May 28, 2009
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Just smoke more weed, you'll get over it.
It was weed that drove me over the edge with deporsonalization. My mind goes into overdrive when I smoke up now and i freak out. Havent got high for a few months.

I really should have been more careful when i got back from travelling - the depression after travelling is fucking killer (i was warned about it but i thought i could handle it), I decided to pile drugs on the problem and all it did was make me worse and then i spent all day making coffee lol. It wasnt a great summer.

That's really fascinating that it came on like that. 6 people sounds very precise, is it literally 6 and not 5 or 7? Not trying to be a jerk, just curious.

I had a bunch of trouble with social anxiety in my past so in grad school I knew we would have to do presentations and that seemed so hard to me so I got really excited about having the opportunity to practice this. Over 2 years I did like 10 and I really got somewhere. Still nervous and a poor presenter, but the fear was much decreased.
I said 6 because it was the last group i 'presented' to. We had to do some focus groups a few weeks back as research method workshop and the guy that was meant to present ours didnt come in so I had to lead the discussions and present the questionnaires etc. and I was fine.

I even get it now in just class activities - if a tutor asks me something i will answer with confidence, if i know i will have to answer in a few mintutes on a task my mind will freak out.

I am tempted to ask to be prescribed valium, i've been told it helps chill you out.
 

Ford Prefect

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May 28, 2009
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Valium would work for anxiety but I would avoid taking it regularly. It's very habit forming.
I would use it when i know i have to present as a confidence builder which i would hope would get me over it. I would get high and go in and do a presentation but i would stand there bleary eyed smilling and then start talking about how powerful google is or something else (that is completely true) but irrelivent.
 

swag

L'autista
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The last two days have been hell & it's only gonna get worse. Sales have picked up & now all the retail outlets are making outrageous demands.
Stop it, B. You're making your job sound as bad as my insanity. :D

I've had a couple good leads. The one I'm currently working on is for a Research position at an Environmental Services/Engineering firm in Fredericksburg, VA. I've got a pretty good base Cover Letter, so I'm just adjusting it to fit the position.
:tup:

Good luck, Easy -- 'cause it ain't. But persistence and a good attitude will hopefully treat you well in the end.

Veg or non-veg?
Vag or non-vag?

The best-ever response to which comes from Sexy Beast's Harry:

"Oh... definitely."

Just read this on facebook

"I call marijuana the qu'ran, 'cause burning that shit will get you stoned."

:rofl:
Funny. But it's simultaneously reflective of the usual weed retard disease. The herbal equivalent of a guy who wears a hat made of cupholders and straws, drinking a six-pack off his head with the T-shirt that says "Beauty is in the hand of the beerholder."

Nyuk nyuk.

aka

Hee Haw.
 

Enron

Tickle Me
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I would use it when i know i have to present as a confidence builder which i would hope would get me over it. I would get high and go in and do a presentation but i would stand there bleary eyed smilling and then start talking about how powerful google is or something else (that is completely true) but irrelivent.
Jesus mate. I don't think you need to go see a doctor. But your current course of fixing the problem is obviously not working.

Try reading aloud. Not going to be a cure all, but it will help you get used to speaking in class.

I'm pretty introverted and while I knew a lot of the answers in class and had the ability to offer discussion, I wouldn't. Not out of fear, I would just come up with the answer in my head and move on kind of following the discussion mentally. Reading aloud got me used to hearing my voice so that actual class participation became normal. It really helped me out in debates and discussions (many of my profs took that sort of thing into consideration for final grades).
 

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