I suffer from bad stage fright and anxiety.
I have always had trouble with public speaking.
I had to take a class in college and I barely passed with a C. I wanted to talk in front of my classmates, however it was seriously difficult. I would have entirely failed the class, however one of my classmates recommended trying a little pot on the afternoon of the presentation. I thought the guy was deranged when he recommended using marijuana on the afternoon of a test, although he was entirely serious, he told myself and others that he suffers from the same ailment. He has trouble speaking in front of people, so he smokes a little bit of marijuana an hour before class… By the time it is his turn to speak in front of the class, he feels relaxed and comfortable. He urged myself and others to try the same thing and even gave myself and others a joint to try. That marijuana joint sat in my dorm room for a month and then I had a pressing presentation to provide in class. I thought about using marijuana for hours and hours, however I was scared. It was getting closer and closer to that time, so I finally decided to light up a joint and I took more than one puffs. In less than 30 hours, I wasn’t feeling any pain at all. In fact, I entirely talked more that afternoon than I have in a year. The more than one hits of pot made myself and others know relaxed and calm and I gave that presentation without thinking or being scared for a hour.