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Originally Posted by the_only_one
i can relate on some levels  . been there. weird thing about me is even though, i might be sick due to my anxiety. i always blame it on somehting else. i'd suggest that you should take a good friend along with you, let him/her sit while you talk and keep making eye contact with the familiar faces, so you don't have to face the new ones so often. also, practicing your speech before hand should help produce a clear coherent speech. iA.
i dont know which group are you refering to, but i dont always believe things have to so formal. you can make it into informal discussion group of somesort. discuss the goals/future plans of this new chapters etc..
jokes aren't always bad to break the ice. just keep 'em coming whenever you feel like you had enuf of serious talk. i hope things will go smoothly for ya  |
I tried the whole, "bring a friend" with me- my 2 sisters were there and my BGF. I knew everyone there except for like 2 people. It was supposed to be informal, and everyone had the information in front of them. I just said really dumb things, that made me sound dumb. Like, I have to go to church on Sunday, Who says stuff like that? I managed to get everything out, and got decent suggestions, but if more people come, I don't know if I can handle it. I think there are drugs to help with this problem, right? I was trying to explain why this group was different than other groups, and while I know how and why, it came off as like, "We are better because we don't have THEM" (It was a racial thing.) I didn't mean it like that, but my nerves just made me studder. I'm callin my doctor tomorrow and getting drugs. I can't keep doing this
