General / Mental Health Support Thread

[skillman]

I have spoken to fairly large audiences a number of times.

What specifically are you anxious about?

I'm not particularly fussed about the content. It's just when I stand in front of an audience I can feel myself getting worked up.

Can feel a pulse in my throat, heart rate goes through the roof, voice shakes, blushing etc.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

I have a public speaking event in Feb next year and have high, high anxiety about it. I can't stand getting up in front of people and speaking (despite being confident in everyday life/with my job that requires it) to a large audience.

I am assuming it's a common thing to those on here too? If so, when you needed to do a speech of some sort, how did you 'get over it' and be confident?

Cheers.

I'm not particularly fussed about the content. It's just when I stand in front of an audience I can feel myself getting worked up.

Can feel a pulse in my throat, heart rate goes through the roof, voice shakes, blushing etc.

I wouldn't put this as a mental health issue. You're just creating more anxiety by placing the stigma on it. It's totallly normal to have nervous, it's not freaking out outside a Taylor Swift concert.

Four months is far enough away that you could speak with a coach to sort this out.

Check out "anchoring". There are various techniques you can use to feel more at ease.