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I realized today i have a huge problem with speaking to a group outloud. Before i went up today in school i was fine and extremely confident but just as i got up there my heart started racing and i messed up everything, my voice quivers and my friends said i looked like i was about to cry. This is the first time this has happened..I have no idea why.
Do you guys have any advice for speaking in front of a crowd? :]
I dont want to make this mistake again, it was embarrassing.
Whwnever I have to do any public speaking type of thing I focus on points just past the audience I'm talking to. If I look to these different points instead of the people it helps me take my mind off them and just speak. Also holding your hands behind your back and having a tight grip opver both of them can help people.
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Try taking some deep breathes before you stand up in front of the people. Then, take a good look at your audience, it might overwhelm you a bit, or it might have the opposite effect. I find that if I do both of those before speaking it calms me down some because I take the time to relax myself BEFORE I start to speak. While you're talking, if you notice that you start going fast or are shaking, take another deep breath or a short pause to regain your composure. It might not be easy, but it helps.
Also, if you read in your head your lines BEFORE saying them alloud it helps because then you already know the material you're reading. :]
Relax and speak normaly. What is the worst thing that the people can do to you if you act weird? Practice before hand and be confident of the topic. Imagine you are talking to your best friend or so.
Start with smaller, go to bigger. To just place yourself in front of a huge crowd would be called "flooding", which has been proven to not be very effective, but isntead sometimes simply make the fear worse.
What helped me was first of all, being a cheerleader up until my junior year. Another thing that helped me was being involved in helping to teach 1 to 2 individuals in my beginner dog training classes. As I got more comfortable with just one or two people, it wasn't that huge of a deal to go to more people.
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Man speaking infront of a crowd is my #1 fear I have no idea why I just get so nervous.. I can speak to people fine and I can be very outgoing with people but giving a speech and stuff I just get very nervous and anxious. What I find works best is just doing it more often nothing else really works for me.
Just stare straight ahead and act like everyone is in their underwear and wearing funny things on their nipples.
And act like nobody is there that sometimes helps too. Either of those will definitely help. But then again if you pictured people in their underwear it might make you laugh that wouldn't look much more confident either.
That's normal. Isn't public speaking the #1 fear in US. I too got nervous sometimes when I had to speak in front of the public. But there's really nothing wrong with that especially when you're not used to speak in front of a big crowd. I guess practicing is the best solution. It's also helpful to practice this technique of breathing - Don't expand your chest when inhaling, only expand your diaphragm (tummy). Breath slowly. It's said that it's the best way to breath as well.
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I picture everyone naked....though I also tend to do that when I'm not speaking
For me I just rely on my fantastic lack of self-consciousness, so this kind of problem is quite alien to me. I would advise you as tessa did, start small.
It takes alot of practice to get more comfortable even then you will always be nervous. When i have to speak in front of people i make sure that i dont make any eye contact with the people. I glance over people so it looks like i am looking at them but i dont. also i concentrate on the front row or few rows. I've learned that i feel more comfortable that way cuz i am focusing on a small amount of people rather than lookin out in the distance and see tons of people. the best thing i hear from people is to have a lil drink of alcohol but it doesnt help if your not old enough.
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