Process Of The LAUNCH Cycle

Twain was a little bit humiliated but he thought he neede to learn this. “Well, after the first agonizing five minutes, my stage fright left me, never to return” Mark Twain describes the way stage fright left him(p.106). After the lecture was over, Mark thanks the audience for being nice to his daughter and him. Not all the things he says is fact, and not all the things he says is opinion. The way Twain describes his first, and last, time stage fright is in his unique perspective.

Overall no matter how many times I do a rehearsal or practice I always get stage fright. Stage fright is my weakest area I have done rehearsals and private or with one or two people but when it comes to the bigger picture I always freeze. I need to learn to speak with confidence and try to get the audience involved instead of rushing the presentation or speaking very softly so no one hears me I need to be able to let the audience know that I am confident and the information that I am sharing is worth their time to listen and learn

"I began to play a song, when all of a sudden I just stopped," "Mortified, I just started laughing, and realized that I had stage fright. It wasn't a lot of people, but they were great. They cheered me on, saying, 'Keep going, keep going!' Even though I was embarrassed, their support and kindness gave me the courage to plow on and finish the song."Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia which may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera).

For most of you, this may seem terrifying. Exposing your weaknesses and vulnerabilities is a daunting task. I, however, enjoy the rush of getting up in front of an audience and making a complete fool of myself. I have been active in community and regional theatre productions since I turned 8. From being a Munchkin in “The Wizard of Oz”, to playing the lead in the homecoming show, theatre has changed my perspective tremendously.

One of the most common psychological disorders is social phobia, which is termed “social anxiety disorder” (SAD) in the DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The lifetime prevalence of social anxiety disorder is 12%, with around half of that being in the form of a generalized type of the disorder that crosses to most social situations. The other half of individuals who suffer from social anxiety disorder are limited in their discomfort to specific situations such as public speaking (Scheiener, 2006). Less serious than social anxiety disorder are shyness and performance anxiety, though the symptoms are quite similar between these character traits and SAD

As I looked into the audience, anxiety filled my body. I am a very quiet person who never does anything exciting. Anxiety is one problem in my life that I battle everyday. Last year, I decided to take a huge step out of my comfort zone: I auditioned for the school play. This was terrifying. I have never been a huge public speaker; at times, I can barely manage to get a sentence out because of my anxiety. The director and student director gave me a part in the play. My part was a narrator and I had to be on stage describing the history of theater. My goal with acting was to overcome my fear: public speaking and stage fright.

About eight percent of teenagers—ages thirteen to eighteen—suffer from an anxiety disorder, and while I do not experience anxiety often enough for it to be considered a disorder, I do suffer from it. Some of my life’s important moments have been ruled by anxiety. When I was a young child, I was always talking to everyone I could and singing and dancing everywhere possible; I was not a shy child, but as I got older, my mindset changed and I started to experience stage fright, and test anxiety; I even started having problems talking to people. Anxiety now affects and and all of my auditions, makes testing difficult, and has kept me from making new friends.

Getting stage fright is like the worst feeling you could get when you're surrounded by tons of people. Mostly people go through this stage. You can overcome this fear is by doing it in front of others. If you overcome this fear then you feel more confident, you really wouldn't care what people care. Mostly if people have stage fright they will underestimate themselves, they would never overcome that fear, and will lose their confidence for listening to what others say.

There are some people who have stage fright. They are afraid of a specific situation, such as speaking in public. They are afraid of being judged, watched, and criticized by others. These people may be suffering from Social Anxiety Disorder which is also called Social Phobia. Social Anxiety disorder is a devitalizing disorder that is known by a fear of social or performance situations including the possibility of being scrutinized (Furmark 2002,p 84; Schneier 2006, p 1030). It is the second most common type of anxiety disorder. This kind of Disorder usually occurs in adolescence but it can occur at any time. Anxiety is an intense nervousness about something with uncertain outcomes.

A student once described their personal experience of stage fright as ‘‘the platform does something to me. The vacuum up there seems to suck the marrow out of my bones, to numb my fingers and, worst of all, to put my memory out of commission’’ (Sadler & Miller, 2010, p. 280). This quote vividly paints a picture of how performance anxiety acts as a severe hindrance on students. This review will evaluate two chosen interventions on the chosen psychological performance issue of performance anxiety.

To this day, I have never met someone who doesn’t have a bit of glossophobia, the fear of public speaking. However, when you struggle with an anxiety disorder that has been at your side since you were little, public speaking skips being difficult and ends up somewhere near panic attack inducing. The moment I stepped up in front of a crowd for the first time and began to orate, the feeling was both exhilarating and petrifying. It was if I lost my voice and found it; although I froze an incalculable amount of times throughout the ten minute speech, I felt empowered- finally, after all these years of melting into the background, people were listening to me. I had decided at that instant that I was going to use vox popoli to show that my anxiety

Those that have used this information successfully have included many in business who must routinely give presentations, show business folks who want to be able to deliver the best performance possible and those who just join an organization and must participate in large meetings once in a while. The symptoms of fear, and how to control them are identical to all of us. The only thing that separates us in terms of public speaking is the severity of those symptoms and how we're able to control them. Speaking in public is the No. 1 fear of Americans. It surpasses our fear of losing our jobs, losing our relationships and, believe it or not, people write in surveys they fear public speaking even more than death (although I suspect that given a true life and death situation, they could muster the courage to give a little

Humans are imaginative lifeforms. We, as humans, tend to think outside the box; find solutions for the unsolvable, transform the impossible into the possible, and take enormous dreams into even bigger and better reality. As the curious people we are, and with recent technological advances, we and will continue to venture into the solar system and the new territory of other stars and galaxies. A recent breakthrough in modern technology are reusable rockets. SpaceX believes Chief Musk, the backbone of this project, is onto something. Although this mind-boggling advancement could do wonders for the space industry, there are some risks we are going to have to take to make our way there. The SLS, the Space Launch System, could have extreme advantages

Stage fright can be one of the most embarassing occurences for a person trying to be as professional as possible. Displaying a lack of presentation skills is detrimental in many job areas and can seriously inhibit a person's integrity. Not only that, but issues with stage fright can be exceptionally difficult to face. Personally, I have struggled with giving effective speeches for most of my academic career, and though I have improved, it is still a problem I have not yet fully mastered.

Seeing that almost everyone goes through nerves before having to present something in class, or even watching someone backstage before opening night run through their lines like it’s life or death has made me realize something. It made me come to the conclusion that it’s okay to not be perfect, and as hard as it may be to understand, everyone feels this way or will feel this way. I shouldn’t feel pressured to act a certain way in front of someone for their approval. Being in front of a large group was, and still is, a huge challenge for me that i am still learning to get past, but I know now that it is not