I might be changing my presentation topic to something that I have an easier time defending that I don't know EVERYTHING about it. I just wish I (and others) could be comfortable presenting without needing to know everything. Without fearing being interrogated and being made to feel worthless and like an idiot because we're humiliated in front of all our peers. Or maybe it's just me who's hurt by it? The new head of the department (as of this year) has picked on me and made me feel stupid and inept enough that the last presentation I did I struggled. I'm not supposed to even have one this semester. The one I had last semester apparently didn't count! I'm always so depressed I can barely function during or after studio. How in the world am I supposed to give a presentation when my confidence is nonexistent and I have no energy or ability to think. I just shut down as soon as I'm in this environment. And since last semester didn't count because I apparently failed, I don't know how to even approach this. I find the anxiety overwhelming if I think about presenting because I can't possibly prepare enough. And I'm overwhelmed by how much I apparently need to do.