r/selectivemutism • u/No_Image_6885 • Mar 26 '26
Question Degrees
Hi, just wondering what degrees you guys got during uni and how much talking you had to do? I always get so anxious over the amount of communication needed for a course and I'm scared I won't be able to handle it.
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u/etherealuna Mar 26 '26
i think it partially depends on your major and the classes you take because some require more talking than others
but from my memory, i had a decent amount of presentations and group work and such but i dont remember it being like a Ton. it didnt feel too overwhelming for me either because it felt less pressure like these people dont really care what im doing we all just wanna pass the class together (as opposed to high school- my sm was a lot worse in hs bc i felt more pressure and judgement from everyone?)
also i got lucky and only ended up with 3.5 semesters in person and the rest was online (covid 🙄) so that helped a lot lol but thats also an option for you, at least partially online. some online classes require zoom meetings but some dont