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I really need help! I’ve been struggling with this for several years, now coming at the climax, and I’m finally realizing that it is actually a fear of disapproval.
I hate it! It fences me in so much! It interrupts my life. I make myself suffer because I’m too afraid to speak up. It feels like this is ruining my life. I cry just about everyday because this is getting to me.
How can I get over this? Please help! Thanks in advance.

thanks in advance

I have an extreme fear of public speaking, in fact I would rather eat bugs than give a speech. I am more nervous about BEING nervous during my speech. When I get up to do my speech, I feel confident but then all of the sudden, my voice starts to shake, my hands shake uncontrollably, I can’t see straight and it seems almost like I’m in a dream. My heart starts racing and it feel’s like my whole body is on overdrive, it’s completely horrible. The experience is so bad I never want to do speeches so I always talk to my teachers and get out of it and eventually get point deductions. I cannot live my life to this. Can anyone share their stories of overcoming speaking in front of classes? Does anyone have any advice on how I can overcome it? The shaking, nervousness and anxiety happens during every speech no matter how confident I am in doing it. The thing is, in Spanish Class it is very easy for me to present and be myself, but otherwise my fear is really debilitating. I need help.

I’ve never really been afraid to speak in public, especially not when answering questions during class. I’m 19 years old and I’ve developed this form of stuttering/brain lock anxiety. When I go to answer a question, I know the answer and I start talking and make eye contact with someone and my brain locks, and all i can say is UM….

It’s awful, and embaressing. I don’t know where this came from and it only seemed to happen in ONE CLASS. Now it’s happening in conversations with one or two people. I just get so nervous I get off track and fear what they will say.

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My Daughter which is 12 years old has social phobia and i wanted her to see a doctor. I wanted her to speak on her own so any ideas because i dont know what to say either do you want me to say she has social phobia thats all maybe its just shyness in her i dont have social phobia. And what kind of medication she can take and by the way she is 12 years old

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A friend of mine is attending public school in US. He just moved here from Ukraine and speaks Russian. The school where he attends is a small town so there are no other Russian-speakers. The school is working on finding him an English tutor. They say it could take a month or two to find a Russian-English interpreter for him. Anyone have a good idea for him to start working on English on his own?

What are the things that people accomplish by overcoming the fear of public speaking when they do any public speaking for the first time in their lives?

Please list at least (5-6) things. It’s for English project.