How to present without crying?
What happens is that i have to present, for biology class, what's leukemia, it's symptoms, treatments, etc. The thing is my little brother passed away from that horrible sickness when i was 15 years old (now im 17) he passed away when he was 10.
I know everything about AML leukemia. He died from that because no bone marrow donor was found, and i was one of the 75% unlucky brothers (no match for him).
Please give me tips for not crying in front of people its a little painful for me and it's also my grade
- SilliPanda
I don't think you should present it. Tell your teacher to give you a different topic. If you chose it yourself, I guess that it's fine to cry. My friend was giving a presentation and she started to cry (it reminded her about her mom). Maybe you can talk to someone to get rid of whatever oppressed emotions you have before your presentation. Or just have a good cry beforehand ;)
I hope this helps some! I'm sorry about your brother and Good luck!!!
- Homer Simpson
Tell you the whole story and what you know about it, don't let the fear or actual crying stop you. You will get a GUARANTEED A plus for it. I am welling up just reading this and I wish you well, and also wish you didn't have to experience this in the first place. Best wishes to you.
Take comfort that you will inform your classmates about this horrible disease. Trust in knowing that your brother is serving as a purpose of informing others about this and is there for your moral support watching over you for the strength to do a good job.
- Spreedog
I teach college history as a retired doctor after a career as a cancer and leukemia specialist. I often talk to my classes about suicide since I lost my 18 year old son that way. If you present AML as a case report on your brother, you would be expected to shed some tears. If you do, that will be OK. men are allowed to cry these days. You would seem to callous if you did not show emotion.
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Do not present his death as the fault of the failure to find a donor. His chances would have been better, but a bone marrow transplant is not a guarantee of cure. People so often like to find something to blame. The truth is that AML is a deadly disease which was universally fatal before combination chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation over the last ~ 30 years. Even with the best treatment in the world, we still lose people with AML. It is not always someone's or anyone's fault.
- House825
You could try telling the story several different times to friends/family etc, for the practice, just so you don't break down. But I think a few tears are ok.
I personally think you should push the donation angle. I get angry when I hear people say dumb things about donation. One day a friend of mine said, "I'd be a boen marrow donor but I heard that it hurt. I would do it for my sister, but not a stranger." Well, what if you were not a match for your sister? Would you be willing to let someone else "hurt" so that your sister could live?
But in general, the more you practice your presentation, the more control you'll have over your emotions. I have listened to parents speak about a child they lost because there were not enough organ donors and he didn't get the lungs he needed. They cry a bit each time, and they've told it dozens of times.
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