Unfortunate update: Somebody on the train has a medical emergency and we're stopped until an ambulance arrives. That alone is bad enough, but for the rest who wants to sleep on the train, it's a double nightmare bc we're being excessively updated on every step of the way
(Edit: I just got a call, they told me I don't fit bc I seemed too frustrated and tired for the job. I'll be crying in the corner for the day)
Had two very long days traveling to the capital, and while the train ride there was already hiccuppy, the ride back is gonna take me 2 hours more than it should. The workshop for a potential job I attended was great, though apart from moody glucose levels, I also had terrible period cramps while trying to smile at people on the street and chatting them up. It's been a while since my body felt like such a letdown, but at least I had a very understanding crew around me. I hope they can see that I want this job and that I'm motivated. God knows my cramp face doesn't look motivated
Un_mask_me's tip about breathing exercises could help. If you learn to focus your breathing, you can actively create moments where you take a break and reasses, then go on or move to a new point. Just an idea sweetie ❤️
A friend who's autistic told me the easiest way to do this is to focus on the presentation and not pretend to hold eye contact. If you're required to look at people during the teaching, look at their collarbones or, if they're closer, the bridge of their nose. If holding eye contact isn't a problem either, make sure to tell jokes about the material you're teaching. It lightens the mood for both audience and you. If that also isn't a problem and it's more about getting your voice to work, meditating can help as well as practicing the stuff you wanna say in front of a friend you feel comfortable with.
As for non-autism related tricks to speaking in front of a group, a classmate in high school once said "Just imagine all of them as watermelons", which, thus far, has always worked for me.
Thanks love
I just really wanted this job, and the workshop was fun too, and now I'm back to applying to stuff that I don't want. I'd rather not, tbh