Glossophobia – fear of public speaking?
Monday, November 19th, 2012 at
12:33 am
I have a big fear of public speaking. It’s so bad that i feel like i’m going to die when i’m put on the spot. Unfortunately, my job requires some level of public speaking, which i somehow managed to survive but it’s seriously ruining my life. My mind goes blank. I can’t even remember simple thing like my own name. My hands shake and i turn beet red. My voice shakes. Has anyone tried hypnosis? has it work? Does anyone else have my problem out there? Most of my friends don’t understand my problem!
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Just breathe.
And then relax–its not that big of a deal.
They are just people like you, your family, and your friends.
THEY WONT EAT YOU
if you screw up
also, if it is THAT BAD, take speech classes–they really help
You can find them at your local community college.
Take night classes
Good luck
I recommend exposure therapy.
I used to be really scared to talk in front of/address crowds. I wouldn’t even be able to read out loud in class, but I practiced.
I started reading out loud at home to my parents, talking to people/speaking my thoughts out loud to my friends, and gradually talking when there were more people around.
Also, I realized that there’s no use in worrying what people think of you while you’re up there. They probably don’t even notice the little tiny things you do, and you need to remember to stay confident.
Imagining people in their underwear never helped me, I’d just focus on the people I knew. If I had friends, or teachers, or anyone I’d ever talked to about anything with, well, I’d look at or towards them. Someone I was familiar with. And to make it look like I’m trying to make eye contact with people in the room & that I don’t want to drop dead, I’ll just make quick glances at other people in the room.
yes i’m the exact same way, i just avoid situations like that
it is the fear of a one sided conversation…….normal conversation requires at least 2 talking back and forth together……public speaking only requires one speaking…..you are use to communicating by talking and receiving,..etc….public speaking is a one way street….like reading a book…..talk out loud to yourself not the audience….and you’ll be fine……
I’ve never tried hypnosis.
I used to fear public speaking a couple of years back.
but then, for school, we had to do a project on a subject we were extremely interested in — and present it first for the class, and then for the public.
of course, going through the research steps [again], gathering information, brushing back up on what I already knew, and putting it all together in a well-formed, perfectly amazing speech was nothing.
but standing in front of a classroom full of 20 peers, and three teachers whom would all be grading me; wasn’t so easy.
but a short [and i mean short, like 5 seconds] while after i started, i set the paper down, and just started talking fluently about it.
why? because I’d known and loved the subject for all my life.
so when i stepped back in the "group" of my peers, with the oh-so-enthusiastic applause [you know how high-school-students are], i felt amazing.
not so much for the applause, but more for the fact that I had pretty much opened up to everyone i was most terrified of, about the one thing i cared about most; and what happened? nothing. they didn’t laugh, they didn’t talk at all, they just sat there, listened; and applauded.
then, of course. from there, i spoke for the community. then i went on to publicly sing, and now i’m tackling public performances by myself [i sang in a musical once, but i was part of the chorus, not singing by myself].
i’d suggest doing something of the same sort.
pick a subject you know a lot about. write a short speech; and perform it somewhere.
in a mall, at a bar [might not be too good of a choice if you don't know the people, haha], at a social-gathering, etc.
good luck.