tackle anxiety with L-theanine instead of nicotine
it's better for you
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I had to do ans 15 minute presentation in a microsoft teams meeting in front of ~40 people at wörk today. Lots of managers and I didn't know most of the participants.
Presentation was good and I got some good feedback but I have severe issues with anxiety before such events.
I smoked a whole pack of cigarettes yesterday and today to deal with the anxiety. Although I don't smoke anymore. Also drank some beers. I already know that in two days I will get terrible headaches because of the nicotine. Yesterday I could barely work and only did some slides for the presentation because I can't concentrate when anxious.
3-4 days ruined for 15 minutes of presentation. How to make dealings? I always hoped that it would get better with age but it does not seem like it. Honestly I could have just nod give a fuck about that presentation and improvised. I'm a software developer. Nobody expects me to do good in such events. But I can't.
I once had a job where I had to talk to lots of strangers. I got used to it and it wasn't such a problem after a while. Cashiers are good for practice, because they're there anyway and will 99,999% of the time be polite. If you don't know what to say, just try wishing them a nice day instead of just being silent or if it's late ask them how long they still have to work or something small like that.
And at work, do you have any friends or colleagues you trust? Maybe you could have asked them to listen to your presentation before to practice.
Fight anxiety with controlled breathing exercises when it's about to hit (breath in very long, then breath out for very long, repeat for a while).
Take a long walk with fast pased steps. Exercise is good against anxiety. Heavy lifting also helps.
Beer/alcohol will make any anxiety and your ability to cope with stress WORSE even when you are not drinking! Any future situations where you are stressed and anxious will be WORSE because of the alcohol you took long ago! Do not take alcohol!
