Public Speaking Anxiety Tips: 6 BEHAVIORAL Tips

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I have a public speaking course in college and for one of our assignment speeches I got to do a speech on a topic I was really passionate and very knowledgeable about. Maybe halfway through the speech I completely froze. I have really bad social anxiety. It felt like an entire minute. I just didn't know what to say! I was actually considering wanting to fake pass out just to get out of the situation! Somehow I managed to finish.

My face starts to get red and twitches everywhere, then my voice shakes, then i start to feel myself want to cry or blackout. Its crazy because im such an extrovert, but still feel a massive panic attack coming on in front of a group of people

That feeling when he tells you "practice like crazy" but your graduation presentation is in 5 hours and you done it once

Even as I am watching this, I am still nervous

I gave a presentation last week in front of the executive and senior leadership team for a large fortune 500 company. Your videos completely reframed my mindset. It completely eliminated the anxiety spikes I had felt before. A big thank you. You are making a difference.

tips to be more confident is always look your audience like they're stupid and you are above with them and maintain ur posture

I once made a public speech in English in front of a large audience. I got there early enough to practice beforehand and walk around the auditorium, stand on the stage and look around the empty seets where all the people would be sitting after a while. I was nervous at first, but soon I felt very confident. The speech went successfully; I got the first prize then. Alex, your teaching in this video reminded me of those young days. Now I'm a Japanese housewife living near Tokyo, I watch your video every day to get a lot of inspiration. Thank you for sharing💙

Once again 5, "reducing uncertainty reduces anxiety." is really eye opening advice.

Rerecently I was appointed to read some lines in a book so I had to get up and speak to the whole class, when i started my friends told that they coudn't hear anything so when I started to speak louder my voice started shaking and cracking up I was extreamly nervous beacuse the whole class was watching. Thank you very much !

Practicing at least 10x over a couple of days was a light bulb moment for me. Thank you very much for these helpful videos!

Great tips. I have stumbled upon several of these points through my own experiences. I am so glad "practice like crazy" is top of the list because my colleagues look at me like I'm crazy when I request 8 hours to rehearse a standard 45-minute presentation. The tip to visualize the first 30 seconds as all positive I hadn't thought of. This is fantastic advice. Managing that anxiety peak (30 seconds before the start until 30 seconds after) is really crucial for me.

I loved every minute of this presentation, especially the "Practice like crazy" part. Good job!

I love all your tips and you’re delivery. I like that you don’t waste your breath on useless info, you’re concise and straight to the point.

I just had a presentation on Zoom in my grad program. The class is Advanced Health Assessment and I did so well!!

for me visualizing myself doing well in the beginning i think will help me very much. i have a 5 min presentation in bible class this week and your tips and videos have been very helpful!!

I think "practice like crazy" is the most critical of all the tips

I really want to say, thank you for giving me the tip on "Knowing your audience ahead of time". That really would help me with lessening my stress by knowing who I will be talking to before an interview starts.

I think practice,practice, practice will help me the most

Of course practice like crazy, but also visualizing the first 30 seconds deserves some love. Starting off strong keeps the momentum going throughout.