Question by Toni: What causes of the fear of public speaking?
Im writing a paper for class about, what causes the fear of public speaking. So can any body throw in their opinion by telling me what’s cause you to fear public speaking or what you think the causes are for others.
Thanks
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Answer by aspieoriginal
Internal stress hormones but if you have aspergers like me it’s even worse. And besides, ain’t it summer vacation already?? lol
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my voice sucks to be frank And when breathing fast occuers, due to the stress that my friend just inferred makes it even more difficult to breathe
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-fear of criticisms
-making embarrassing mistakes
-afraid that we might not impress people
Sometimes other disorders, e.g. social anxiety disorder, asperger’s yes…and sometimes just plain shyness. Fear of public speaking is a very common fear…that is easily overcome….just by speaking in front of an audience. There is lots of info on the internet , google it….I make my students speak in front of the class within the first two weeks of school. Their fear ends, immediately……(college psych prof)
for me, it is the fear that people will think what I say is stupid, or that I will be laughed at because I messed some word up. when I was in first grade i was diagnosed with JRA, since then I have always been worried about what other people think of me………..
Low self-esteem makes you fear public speaking. It is so important to know all about the subject that you are speaking about so that you have the confidence to handle being in front of an audience.
when i’m speaking infront of a crowd my biggest fear is reading a speach and looking up to make eye contact , but then when i back down to read the next line, i loose my place. and i start freaking out, and people are just staring at you and my stomache starts to get in a huge knot.
that scares the crap out of me.
Its the fight or flight response. A very primitive instinct. Being the center of attention, the way you are when you give a report or speak in front of a large group, could trigger an instinct needed from way back from when being the center of attention meant being prey. Some of us get the instinct to “fight”, i.e, give it all you got and dazzle the audience, ace the presentation, and some of us prefer the “flight” approach- you just basically want to run. Google fight or flight and you’ll probably get all kinds of interesting stuff, probably some related to public speaking…good luck!
Well it all changed in college in business where i had to do
speeches, well they taught us to practice in front of the mirror and time our speech and do it over and over . Well i did and
i got so much self confidence from that class that now i am
always handed the Mike to speak and just off the cuff no practice and i do it and i think it is easy but i know basically
what i am speaking about and i have the confidence now.
so my answer is knowing the subject…