Pinpointing My Fear

This was a straight forward case of cheating. The main character Reggie failed to ask for help with the assignment, perhaps if he he'd asked for help sooner, or described his dilemma, he would have gotten help before it was too late to complete the work. Reggie also deliberately asked Sally if she had read the book, implying that she could help him cheat. He then printed the assignment off the net and told Arnie what he did, thus implementing Arnie in the cheating by making him an accessory. For this reason I gave Reggie the #1 slot of most to blame.

If any class I’m taking requires a speech that must be presented in front of others, I immediately dread the due date for that assignment. While the student, whose turn is before mine, is reciting his or her speech, I cannot help but feel my heart race and the palms of my hands begin to sweat. No matter how many times I take a deep breath and tell myself to relax, I still feel anxious. My anxiety towards public speaking has been happening to me since as long as I can remember. I was eager to take the PRPSA questionnaire to determine where on the scale my level of anxiety towards public speaking falls. To my expectations, my results for the questionnaire, a 98, was right where I figured it would be. I found my score to be accurate because yes,

Public speaking is the number one fear in the world, which shows that the number one fear is really a deep fear of rejection from the connection of others. The narrator in “Typical First Year Professor”, who had a fantastic education and experience, has public speaking issues. She explains how her fear physically affects her in, “Ten minutes before my first class, I run to the bathroom and vomit. I’m afraid of public speaking, which

In the article “ Conquer Fear Of Public Speaking Through Emotional Intelligence” By Gleb Tsipursky, he talks about the fear of public speaking and how to get over it. Gleb states that while public speaking many people get sweaty, shaky and butterflies in their stomachs. While reading through this article Gleb give the readers some key ideas to overcome the fear of speaking publicly. The first key idea is “ Focus on the fear itself.” Focusing on the fear itself first means to Gleb “ if you don’t deal with the fear, you will not be able to give a great speech no matter how hard you try.”

Everything in this earth is in a continuous state of enhancing, refining, raising …improving. In order to make progress we should know what prevent us from being successful, what specifically causes this type of social anxiety. Form my own experiences, I have realized that the fear of speaking in public is triggered by three things – fear of forgetting, fear of judgment and expectation of perfection. Even though I practice before I give a speech that is not enough for me to succeed. Being in front of the audience makes me feel anxious, nervous, apprehensive and concerned. Sometimes these symptoms makes me forget everything. As McDermott said, “Much of the pressure and anxiety of public speaking arises from the unrealistic expectation of recalling every word of talk in its exact order.” So I try not to memorize all the information, instead I connect my ideas by using different methods. In this way I manage the fear of forgetting. In addition speaker, including myself, are also concerned about the audience’s judgment. The main purpose is to grab their attention, share ideas and have a good feedback form them. If you show that you know the material very well, you are enough prepared and confident in yourself fear starts to minimize. The opposite will result in loss of self-esteem, concentration and control of the situation. And the third cause of stage fright is expectation of perfection. Personally, when I have a speech I practice a lot in order to deliver

Let me start by saying I was nervous, which in itself caught me by surprise. I consider myself a fairly confident person; I’ve always experienced butterflies prior to any public presentation but this was more than that. The nervousness led to other issues such as the vocal characteristics of my presentation. For instance, I stumbled on my words during the introduction, tongue-tied as it were. I saw the words in front of me but couldn’t seem to verbalize them. I stopped, re-grouped and moved forward. I continued with a number of vocalized pauses which prove not only

Nervousness is something that is very common when it comes to public speaking. Many great public speakers had that very same problem. Such as Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Sanger and Winston Churchill. Some ways to manage your nervousness can be thinking positive, preparing extensively for your speech and not letting yourself get worried about looking nervous.

This year I decided to not hide and write a speech on the fear of public speaking to inform everyone of my fear. I worked extremely hard on it to clearly express by phobia, I even asked the Mrs. Carmen for tips. While working on the speech I kept having flashbacks of grade 1, I was frightened it was going to happen again. Instead of focusing on the structure of my speech I decided to pay more attention on getting over my phobia. I began reading aloud and practicing my speech in the mirror. After two weeks of learning and developing my public speaking skills I attempted to say my speech in front of my parents. Surprisingly I read my speech fluently to my parents, I started convincing myself that I could do

People with anxiety disorders or (social phobia) are extremely anxious about what they will say or do in front of other people. This includes public speaking and day-to-day social situations, but it is more than just being shy or nervous before public speaking. The fear can begin weeks or months before an event. It can cause a fast heartbeat and make it hard to focus. To continue, anxiety disorders occur along with mental or physical illness. Each anxiety disorder has many different symptoms, but all symptoms cluster around excessive, irrational fear, and dread. To go along with, anxiety disorders are treatable. If you think you have a disorder, talk to your doctor, if your anxiety is diagnosed the pattern of co-occurring

-The fear of public speaking; something normal but that can be fixed. The attitude you need to have that can help you overcome your fear (where to look at where you are making your speech, how to deal with errors, etc…)

One of my more vivid experiences of public speaking was when I was taking a class at a community college. While taking this class I would often have to give speeches and demonstrations in front of the class. As I was waiting for my turn to give my very first speech, I was very certain that I would have no problems at all, it would a piece of cake, or so I thought. All of a sudden, I hear my name being called as it was my turn to deliver a knockout performance, but as I stood in front of that small class of people I just blanked out. An overwhelming amount of anxiety came over of me. I could feel my heart beginning to race and my hands starting to sweat. I could not for the life of me remember what I was going supposed say. In addition, the

Public speaking can be very stressful, regardless of the many techniques out there to assist in calming your nerves. I think that every “first time” is a failure to me. If I’m starting a new class, leading a certain briefing, or addressing new people, I will always walk away with the feeling I could have done better. However, with that way of thinking I feel like it has pushed me to do better and I still use this to continue to show improvement. The first briefing I did as a young soldier to my superior command was almost too overwhelming. I found that after a few minutes it immediately got easier. I now use this experience to assist myself in current situations. I can become very nervous due to the fact that I’m competitive in everything

People have fears: spiders, snakes, tight spaces and more. My fear is public speaking. It is so hard for me to go up on stage and talk to all those people out on the audience. I feel like I have butterflies in my stomach, and I can't think straight.

The symptoms of fear of speaking in public are curable specifically at the time you're put in a position to speak in public by taking one of a number of, safe, inexpensive and non-addictive herbal medications. As I will explain, this medication which is completely natural allows us to control the cause of our symptoms exactly at the time when they are getting out of control. Therefore, what I am going to teach you will help those of us who have to routinely give presentations for our careers, those who need to only give several speeches a lifetime for wedding toasts, funerals, and the like, as well as those in show business who must be relaxed and confident enough to focus on their

I used the search engine Google with the search term “public speaking fear” and it brought up a great deal of interesting websites pertaining to public speaking. The first one I decided to peruse was 5 Tips to Reduce the Fear of Public Speaking on Psychology Today’s website. I learned that public speaking is the number one fear in America, while the fear of death is second in line. This means that we’re more afraid of speaking in public than we are of dying. I also learned five tips on how to reduce public speaking nervousness.