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Upcoming intro/presentation Hi everyone. I have a stressful week ahead, with two full days of meetings where I will be on point for a lot of it. These meetings might have up to 30 people in them, and I know in at least the first one I will have to introduce myself. I always had a fear with that (naturally), but I usually got by pretty well. The last time I did this however (about a year ago), I had a really tough time. A block of at least ten full seconds on my name. I think I’ve legitimately developed PTSD from that incident. I am really trying to reframe my attitude about all this - that nobody cares, that I’m being courageous, and that I can choose how I want to react to any negative responses. Still, that fear as we’re going around the room - I can already feel it, and I hate it. I hate feeling so out of control with it all. As bad as the fear is, the anticipation is possibly worse. Any fellow stutterers out there who have experience with these types of pressure meetings in a business setting? Would love some words of encouragement, or at least a “been there, it sucks but I’m still alive”. I’d almost rather hear the horror stories, as I truly feel at this point a rather dysfluent experience is inevitable. Thanks.