Last week I had a mock presentation with my supervisor and I received a comment that I presented unfeelingly. He said that my pronounciation was fine but that I did not speak confidently or persuasive enough. This is not the first time that anyone commented that I speak unfeelingly.
The other time was when I was asking this simulated patient some questions about his health and this lecturer told me "You do not seem concerned for the patient. I feel that it is in the way that you are speaking to him." Sigh. I did feel concerned for the mock patient but I just did not project it in my speech. It is not necessary to project your every emotion into your speech right?
It is not that I do not want to but I know that I do have a problem in expressing all my feelings through my speech other than anger or sarcasm (yes I know this and some others do too) but nevertheless I am somehow always misunderstood as a cold, unfeeling person. Sigh. I have to work this thing out somehow and try to inject more feelings into my speech in the future. And I am also trying very hard to not fall sick until my proposal presentation is over. Keeping my fingers crossed for my presentation!
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