commentr/StutterDecember 5, 2021

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Gave up my position as a prefect in my final year of school, midway through the year, because turns out all the prefects had to give a speech of about 5 minutes addressing the entire school :/ I was doing well with every other responsibility given to me, and was actually enjoying the role. But the fear of embarrassing myself in front of the entire school and then eventually lose respect in the eyes of every junior who I would then face forced me to resign. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but I still regret doing that. Maybe I could've practiced enough to land a half decent speech, but I guess I'm being too logical here. The emotions I felt then in the days leading up to the day when I resigned were actually terrible.

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Emotional Experience

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Shame & EmbarrassmentHelplessness & Agency