Stage Fright

[thatguy1234]

wondering if anyone can help me deal with stage fright.
i know its a normal thing but i need to overcome it because i know ill have to present things in front of people a lot throughout my life.
im not at all a shy person and i can talk for days. but when i know im about to present or when i present something in front of a group my voice gets shaky and breaths get short. any one know a way to overcome this permanently or any techniques to avoid it?

share experiences/advice please and thanks :3.

( also i have sweaty palms and that can be a nuisance at times. any advice on handling this as well?)

 

[mtn dew]

I can understand what you mean. In speech class, we were taught to not lock up your body because after a while you can actually just collapse. Bend your legs a little bit, and try to move around if possible. Make some random hand gestures every once in a while to make the body language of your speech look a lot nicer.

I used to get stage fright pretty bad, and I just went up and did my thing, not really caring about what other people thought, I mean everyone has to do it anyway, right? If you can talk for days and have no problem really being a shy person, you should be able to do fine.

 

[malyce]

The easiest way I've found to overcome stage fright is to focus on a few people in the audience that are sitting around in different spots and engage them only. Speak to them as if it was one on one, bouncing between them. Deep breaths and slow down your speech pace also does a world of good. Those people can't hurt you, they can't do anything to you. You are their master while you are in front of them. Make them laugh and it will ease the mood. Captivate them with thought and display and they will keep following you.

Jokes are a good way to relax yourself alongside of careful breathing techniques and engaging hand gestures. Also, raising and lowering your voice, and slowing and quickening your speech keeps an audience captivated.

I guess the bottom line is practice makes perfect?