u/greenbubbles-

I did my first ever presentation today at 21... This is kind of embarrassing to write down but I've always avoided any courses at my college which required presenting and this time it was something I couldn't avoid. It was 20% of the grade and I was honestly ready to skip itt but my boyfriend forced me to do it and somehow at our turn it ended up being a google meet with the professor instead of presenting in-person in class in front of other students.

Half an hour before the presentation i was crying uncontrollably at the thought of 2 people listening to me speak and i told my boyfriend i couldn't do it and asked him to present alone. He said he wouldn't do it without me and that he would be happy if i just showed up, even if i couldn't speak. I ended up reading off a script during the presentation and i think it was obvious that i was reading and I didn't answer any questions later even though I knew the answers. It's weird how I thought the world would end if I ever did something like this.

I'm in my final year of college and I have a project to present in one of my courses. I've always avoided selecting courses which required any kind of presentation or group evaluation but this time i just couldn't avoid it because it was a mandatory course. The professor asked us to make groups of 7-8 people but i kept putting it off and my boyfriend ended up persuading me to form a group with just him.

Everyone in class finished their presentation this week and we didn't do ours on time because we didn't finish it. We might have to do it tomorrow and i am so scared. I think i might just skip it. Skipping it means I'll lose out on 20% of the grade but I don't know if I'll be able to handle the humiliation. I know avoiding makes anxiety worse but this is just too much at once. I get extremely uncomfortable and rigid when i know im being perceived by people and I also don't want bf to see how awkward i might get in front of other unknown people. He's generally pretty confident and chill and he knows I'm scared.