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I had a panic attack at school We had a public speaking workshop at school that about 30 kids were chosen to take part in. (Mind you these are kids that I don’t speak to normally) For some reason I was chosen even though it’s very obvious I have a stutter and that this is something I would not like. A lady from outside the school was hosting it. One of the first things we had to do was give an introduction of ourselves. 4 lines, Our name, something we like, something we dislike and a positive change we’d like to see in our world. We were going around in a circle and as my turn approached I started to panic. Finally as it was my turn to speak and what was supposed to take me 30 seconds to say took me 2-3 minutes. It was dead silent in the classroom and everyone was trying to be nice about it but I just I couldn’t talk and said umm every two words. After I was done I sat down and my face went really hot and I started to hyperventilate and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Eventually another teacher who was in the room took me outside and tries to calm me down but I burst into tears and my hands and knees started shaking so I was sat on the floor outside crying for a good 15 minutes. And then eventually I had to go back inside and finish the workshop.