HELP! Oral presentation - i need some artillery support

[pepegrillo]

HELP! I have q to give a big oral presentation in my university.

This presentation is the unique (only?) of this year.. so if i pass it i will have a lot of months to search a cure.

But now I do not have time (10 days ) . so.. I need you to recommend me some drug... like antidepressant, medicament or something to reduce my stuttering.


I am thinking to drink a little shots of alcohol in the bathroom a few minits before... but i prefer something less risky, i am a healthy guy ( no smoke, no drink alcohol, no drugs ) but this is an emergency :mad:


Sory by my worst inglish ever :eek: :D

[gracesloth23]

Hmm, I don't recommend any drugs...but if you MUST, just get a mild (MILD) anti-anxiety drug perhaps...you don't want too much or you'll be odd and probably fail anyway through being half zoned out, you know?

Does drinking enough alcohol to merely relax you usually make you more fluent? If so, then...I still really wouldn't recommend drinking alcohol before a presentation, but...*shrug* If you need normally to drink a LOT to be fluent, then forget it.

Is there ANY method you have ever used to help yourself be more fluent? You don't have to be 100% perfectly fluent, you know. If you have any things you do to hide or skip over a block/stutter, that's ok to use occasionally in the presentation, as long as most of it is fluent and comfortable for you...

Are you more fluent reading out loud as opposed to talking? I can be...in my university days I would sometimes read the whole presentation even though I knew they didn't really want that, but I didn't care about my marks. I just wanted to get through it.

One time I didn't even turn up to class. I knew I would fail the presentation if I didn't do it, but I didn't care. I chose to fail. (it was only worth 10%)

Good luck!!!

[Vermillion]

talk to your teacher, tell her you have a stuttering problem and that if you can do something else (like writing a paper) to make up for not doing a presentation

[AmandaL685]

My advice would be to just get up there and do it.:) Don't worry about stuttering and if you do, don't panic, it won't be the end of the world. It may be a little easier if you talk to your professor before the presentation. More than likely, he or she will understand.

Can you include a Power Point presentation with your speech? That may help you get through it.

It's okay to be a little nervous, almost everyone is when they have to speak in front of the class.:) I have to do two presentations for my American Literature class in November and I'm already a little anxious.

[Hans]

The one and only thing that gives me any confidence at doing anything has always been my knowledge, my aquired learning. If i know a subject so well that i can explain it to another person, be the teacher myself, then i'm as confident as i can be.
Did you say you have 10 days?

[timitao]

just own the stage! have a walk round be energetic keep moving, use hand movements, do some visualing yourself prior giving a kick ass presentation.

Remember stuttering has nothing to do with good communication.

[Bokonon]

Lots of good advice already, but the shots of alcohol a few minutes before, especially since you don't normally drink (?) doesn't sound like a good idea to me at all!

The worst case scenario is you'll stutter really, really badly, terrible, awful, embarrassing, humiliating, on and on. But even in the most dreadful situations, you'll most likely still walk away empowered from facing down one of if not your biggest lifetime fear, and reminding you there's a lot more to you than just a stutter. I know it's easy for me to say because I'm not in your situation (this time), but try to remember you can not fail by stuttering alone. You can do this!

[bwelling]

John Harrison has a book on this. He says to move around the room and cl you space - touch things in the space while your are talking. Connect.

[pepegrillo]

Hi guys, thanks for yours posts!

i hope that you undestand my sentences =P

Hmm, I don't recommend any drugs...but if you MUST, just get a mild (MILD) anti-anxiety drug perhaps...you don't want too much or you'll be odd and probably fail anyway through being half zoned out, you know?


a friend give me 8 pills of venlafaxine, an anti-depressant... but im a little afraid to take it




Does drinking enough alcohol to merely relax you usually make you more fluent?

its crazy but...when i drink alcohol... im not a stutterer :eek: its magic

Is there ANY method you have ever used to help yourself be more fluent?

mm.. nop, alcohol its my only method :S

My advice would be to just get up there and do it. Don't worry about stuttering and if you do, don't panic, it won't be the end of the world. It may be a little easier if you talk to your professor before the presentation. More than likely, he or she will understand.
Can you include a Power Point presentation with your speech? That may help you get through it.
It's okay to be a little nervous, almost everyone is when they have to speak in front of the class. I have to do two presentations for my American Literature class in November and I'm already a little anxious.


yes, i can include a power point presentation.... and the good news are: i can decide to turn off the lights! so that the other students will cant see me when i bloquade myself and i do an enormouse effort to release words of my mouth

si eso es lo q voy a hacer, ya no puedo estar evitando este tipo de cosas, me voy a volver loco


The one and only thing that gives me any confidence at doing anything has always been my knowledge, my aquired learning. If i know a subject so well that i can explain it to another person, be the teacher myself, then i'm as confident as i can be.
Did you say you have 10 days?

The worst case scenario is you'll stutter really, really badly, terrible, awful, embarrassing, humiliating, on and on. But even in the most dreadful situations, you'll most likely still walk away empowered from facing down one of if not your biggest lifetime fear, and reminding you there's a lot more to you than just a stutter. I know it's easy for me to say because I'm not in your situation (this time), but try to remember you can not fail by stuttering alone. You can do this!

the problems is that i really never stutter... i only blockade myself. Me bloqueo y la palabra no sale de mi boca por nada del mundo

[pepegrillo]

OMG!! only 5 minits to edit :S


:( a big part of my post was deleted

[divisi]

First of all: Please, don't drink alcohol to achieve fluency. Not even a drop. NEVER!! You're playing with a dangerous gun if you begin going that way.

Second: I don't recommend any drug either.

Why you don't try the "passive airflow" technique, by Schwartz? I'm beginning it today. You can download the book in PDF here: www.stutter-no-more.com

[divisi]

a friend give me 8 pills of venlafaxine, an anti-depressant... but im a little afraid to take it
You're a wise guy. Yes, you should be afraid of taking it. Please don't do it.

[divisi]

Me bloqueo y la palabra no sale de mi boca por nada del mundo
A mi me pasa lo mismo, pepegrillo. Si te anima, soy profesor, por lo que hablo en público. En estos momentos estoy intentando aprender a salir de esos bloqueos, a partir de información de Internet y libros.

[happy7117]

A mi me pasa lo mismo, pepegrillo. Si te anima, soy profesor, por lo que hablo en público. En estos momentos estoy intentando aprender a salir de esos bloqueos, a partir de información de Internet y libros.

I wish I knew Spanish, because I do not know what that above post means!

[timitao]

i read spanish i'll translate happy it says

" donkeys like to have fun with small sheep and that stuttering is really cool and y".

Damn those spanish lessons really paid off.

[happy7117]

i read spanish i'll translate happy it says

" donkeys like to have fun with small sheep and that stuttering is really cool and y".

Damn those spanish lessons really paid off.

Thank you! Except that I do NOT find stuttering y!! What is so y about fumbling on our words!?

[divisi]

I wish I knew Spanish, because I do not know what that above post means!
I'm sorry, Happy, I'll translate: "The same happens to me, pepegrillo. If it helps, I'm a professor, so I speak in public. I'm currently trying to learn to get out of these blocks, from the information at books and the net."

[pepegrillo]

divisi i have a ebook in spanish that i download from the emule ( terapia global... ) maybe it works to you...

[pepegrillo]

First of all: Please, don't drink alcohol to achieve fluency. Not even a drop. NEVER!! You're playing with a dangerous gun if you begin going that way.

Second: I don't recommend any drug either.

Why you don't try the "passive airflow" technique, by Schwartz? I'm beginning it today. You can download the book in PDF here: www.stutter-no-more.com


thanks i will read it, but i have very just a short time. and that techniques takes a long time to do :S

[pepegrillo]

Hi guys.

Finally I pass the oral presentation!!! :D

i didnt stutter or blocked me

unfortunately I had a little fear and i feel forced to use something extra ( 2 small shots of vodka ) 20-30 minutes before the presentation


I am not proud, but at least now I have many months to improve my fluency. And now I m not going to be as much scared the next time ;)


this week I am going to call to a therapy to start

greetings