People who want to engage in open debates, events but find themselves too nervous really need to address that rather than be enabled to avoid it. I spent £500 on a weekend public speaking course & it helped a lot tho not as much as doing it repeatedly.
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You lot mostly don't know how afraid I was of public speaking a year ago. Well, some of you do. Poor
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@ConceptualJames had a go at it in his usual style which involved maths & a mercilessly logical argument. Step 1) We raise the proposition that you are not capable of doing this panel. Step 32) We find that the belief that you are not capable of doing this panel is false.Show this thread -
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@PeterBoghossian provided support by having me talk at him over Skype and texting me "You are awesome! You got this!" at regular intervals. And@IonaItalia offered sympathy & offered to lend me her personality which loves public speaking if we could figure out how.Show this thread -
And I STILL had to go to doctor due to panic attacks & insomnia and get short-term medication and I STILL say that we shouldn't coddle people but encourage them to push through it or not and we especially shouldn't coddle by gender & define women as fearful in this way.
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It seems the meaning of the word equality means something different when it comes to men and women. This infantilizes us, making it look like we need hands held to bring us up to the microphone
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This problem is by no means restricted to women.
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"Toastmasters" helped me a lot. I was eventually able to address several hundred attendees at an EPA conference, on 3 days notice, with no problems. Cost? Membership is minimal.
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As someone that you have muted, I can say you need to work on taking criticism.
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对啊!
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