I hate speaking in public so so much. It could be in front of 5 people and i'll still freak out. Even if i know my entire speech top to bottom the minute i get in front of ppl i completely forget my speech. I palms always get all sweaty and i speak super fast and my hands and my legs start shaking. I dont understand why. The only time i dont mind speaking in public is if its in front of ppl i know, that i can do but in front of strangers i freak out. 97
I remember freaking out when i found out that i had to take a speech class. Especially when the teacher is very perky and expects so much from us and makes giving speeches so difficult. Like with all the stuff we had to do for all our speeches, its like why cant we just research the topic and then get up and give the speech. Why do we have to do so much for a 5 to 7 minute speech. I remember giving my first speech i made sure not to wear my glasses so i couldn't see ppl cuz watching ppl stare at me would make it so much worse, if thats even possible. But i will give that speech class some props cuz as the time progressed and the more speeches i did it became more comfortable. I still was always super nervous but once i got up there, especially this last time, my voice wasnt shaky at all, my hands weren't shaky, and my palms weren't sweaty. It still doesn't mean i like public speaking. But the class actually did help, well for at least this class.
Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. I wonder if you could get a doctors note for extreme fear of public speaking to where you could get out of speaking in public. That would be awesome, but i wonder how to prove somebody has glossophobia. Like is there even test that proves somebody has glossophobia.
