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Hello, I'm a 19 year old College Student

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KwiSpen

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Hello, I'm a 19 year old College Student, diagnosed Asperger's at 12, and I recently became very flustered due to two bad presentations, and the responses the class gave toward them. I've just registered out of the need of someone to sympathize with me, or even empathize with me who also shares my diagnosis, or at least one on the spectrum. I welcome any positive feedback, but please nothing scathing. I can't take it right now.
 
Welcome aboard :)
Sorry to hear the presentations didn't go so well. Hopefully you can turn in I to a positive learning experience.
At times I feel the general population gets lost to the true accuracy and meaning of things. I have had some epic fails for presentations, you are not alone. We can be misunderstood, as I'm sure you know.
Hope you enjoy the site.
Best wishes.
 
Thank you all for your responses. I'll be sure to check out that site Ste11aeres, and thank you Rocco for the sentiments. I'll try and post when feeling like this, it happens somewhat often, and will try to post on the general threads to further discussions as well.
 
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Thank you all for your responses. I'll be sure to check out that site Ste11aeres, and thank you Rocco for the sentiments. I'll try and post when feeling like this, it happens somewhat often, and will try to post on the general threads to further discussions as well.
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It's not a different site, but just a different thread on this site. See you there :)
 
Welcome :)

Aww, hopefully you'll feel better here. Our members are quite friendly, and helpful, so you should find many like-minded people here. Feel free to join our discussions, and de-stress. Hopefully you'll be ready to get back in to your studies afterwards.

Also, feel free to check out our resources section. Members are welcome to add to this too: Autism & Asperger's Resources | AspiesCentral.com
 
Welcome here. :) Sorry to hear your presentations didn't go well. Personally I dislike public speaking, I've always been told that it's something you need to practice though; hope you improve in the future.
 
Maybe you are more like me, I have to meet people one by one and after some time I get along with everybody. I'd also like to encourage you to mess a bit around here and follow all the threads that appeal to you and comment. You can chat privately with members. I feel a bit less lonely since I signed up here, hope it helps you too.
 
Welcome :) I'm sorry to hear that your presentations didn't go well, public speaking is incredibly difficult for many people. I hope that college goes well for you in future. There are so many lovely people on here I'm sure you'll find lots of supportive people whom you have much in common with. All the best :octopus:
 
Oh me I have a presentation to do this afternoon which I'm not even prepared for. Will just bullsh!t my way through it. Lol. Lucky to have a very calm tutor who isn't bossy, judgmental, or speaks loudly.
 
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Thank you all for posting. I'm doing better now, but still a bit anxious. I can't wait to spread encouragement like you all are doing for me. It seems like so much fun, and beneficial for everyone. This has been a warm welcome, and I look forward to seeing what the future holds here. Also, if anyone's interested in my story, it's on the How do you feel today thread, reply 15245 on page 763, but I'll quote it here as well.

Currently, I'm still recovering from last night. Yesterday, I had two presentations (college) and they did not go well. I knew they didn't, but people kept comforting me, which I hate. I'd rather wallow and be right than be happy and wrong. I was grossly under-prepared for one presentation because a group member quit the night before and I had to learn his part. The other one took a backseat to the first one, so I wasn't ready for that either. Furthermore, no one in either presentation, the graders or the presenters, knows of my conditions (General Anxiety and Asperger's). I was very nervous, and my nerves got the best of me, so both presentations went down the drain real fast. I forgot about them in short order, but was given a painful awakening later that night when the feedback comes in (my professor lets the students give feedback). The students were harsh as hell, and were put off by my anxiety. I worked hard on my presentation, while working hard on the other, and I flipped out, like an anxiety attack, but in a fit of rage. My heart started to race; I started breathing heavily, flipping furniture, slamming books. I decided to go to the campus police station, where I was flipped off by a driver on an intersection. I screamed obscenities at him, where an officer heard me. I met him in the station, and he was little help to me. He got the administrator on duty, a director of residential life, and she tried to get me to consent to putting me in a hospital. I fought tooth and nail to stay, even bringing my mother into it on my behalf, God bless her. We went over some strategies for the rest of the night, and I was able to make it through without another attack, yet I still dwell on yesterday. I'm ashamed, hurt, embarrassed, disgusted, and angry, but I'm slowly recovering.
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Welcome, KwiSpen. It's unfortunate that your instructor allows feedback from other students. Many people don't know how to provide constructive criticism, and they aren't the ones distributing the grades, so their opinions are basically unproductive, if not downright damaging. I don't like that kind of learning environment. I'd probably write to the instructor to explain this practice is not helpful or encouraging to students. I'm not suggesting you do that, but it's what I would do. Glad you're feeling better now though.
 
Welcome to AC, Welcome, KwiSpen.

Oral presentations? They've been stressful for me my entire life. You're not alone.
 
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