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    Hi guys! Lurker, not frequent poster here but I was thinking about this all day and wondered if anyone else ever feels the same. Sometimes when I'm on my way to work at the club I just get nervous, usually about making money or if there's going to be good customers. This lasts from the drive to the club until I step foot inside and then I'm fine. Maybe it's because I just started after a looooong hiatus but I'm a few shifts in and that nervous feeling hasn't gone away. I've been making decent money and it's like I'm just waiting to have a shit night or something anyone else get like this or have tips?

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    For sure! I strip occasionally not full time and it's a secret so I kinda get butterflies about the whole thing. I also have a looong drive so I feel the fear of a shit night. I do what I do when I get anxious about anything which is to accept the worst case scenario and focus on what I can control: my mood, my look, nutrition. Listening to some favorite tunes while I get ready also helps. I bet you'll start to feel more relaxed about it after a while.

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    Default Re: Does anyone else ever get nervous before work?

    I took a couple of months off after a bad incident at a club. When I went back for an audition, I went to Miami and I was very scared and lacked confidence. I still also get nervous about the private rooms in nyc. As far as money, I am always nervous meeting a self-im;posed quota.

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    Always!!! That's why I took a couple of years off. But I'm trying to audition sometime next week and quit my current vanilla job if I get hired at the club I want to work at. I usually drank one glass of wine to settle the nerves and get me in the zone, and then I would be fine.

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    One of the reasons I started dancing is bc I've always been super shy. So getting butt naked in front of a room of strangers seemed like a good way to overcome that and with a good dose of adrenaline. However, when you're dancing regularly, you become desensitized.

    The last time I got nervous was after not getting hired at Ricks in nyc twice and getting fired from Sapphires Nyc for a really unfair reason. So when I went to Miami to try out Scarletts, my tail was literally in between my legs, I was shaking a bit and all I could think of was the cellulite on my thighs after my lipo and how my butt sagged and how my stomache stuck out and how old I am and and and.

    I was also super nervous when I auditioned at Offerel in SF. There were three staff members with clipboards taking notes AFTER having interviewed you. So the formal atmosphere of the place, though something I gravitate towards, also gave me the nerves.

    Of course, I was nervous my very first time. But I must admit, this was in an upscale spot in LA on the westside, and the customers and the staff made it a super soft landing for me into stripperland, maybe bc I looked so young at 26, very girl next door (the look that works in la) and had absolutely no clue.

    The nervousness is like skydiving though. It's uncomfortable but thats part of why I do it.

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    I was thinking about applying to some NYC clubs, or at least scoping them. Ricks was one of them but your post scared me away. Besides NYC is a long drive for me and an expensive ride. If i go to check them out I have heard that the management does not like single single girls to to go alone. Has anyone heard that?

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    Thanks for all the replies, ladies! It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this thought process lol

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    I get nervous and stay nervous it seems until I'm dressed and ready with my shoesln and about to walk onto the floor. Sometimes the nerves will stay with me until I get up on stage. I've been performing since I was three so getting up in front of people to dance always balances me out!

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    Yes! I don't get nervous about going into work exactly but I get nervous about approaching customers and selling dances. Still even though i've been doing it for a long time now. I've never been nervous about getting on stage or the nudity (or almost nudity) but the starting a conversation part still trips me up sometimes. In my real life I wouldn't call myself shy but i'm not the type to just strike up a conversation with someone I don't know so I think it's hard because it's just not who I am.

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    Getting on a plane today to try my luck in Vegas clubs and I am suuuuper nervous!

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    I get awful panic attacks when i go on stage (which is why i like Vegas bc there i can choose not to go on stage).

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    I get nervous not knowing how my day will be. Some days it comes easy, other days I have to hustle so hard for barely half the amount. Weekends give me the most anxiety because I walk in the club see so many people, I dont even know where to start. And i feel anxious spending too long with one person, because I dont want to miss out on potential money. And i feel since its a weekend i should be making the most money, and that doesnt always happen-which stresses me out.

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    Default Re: Does anyone else ever get nervous before work?

    Yes! I totally get nervous. I worry about my hair, makeup, where I'm going to park my car. Then I worry about how much money I"ll make and what kind of food I'll bring to work.
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    No I think of dreading going in and wasting my time on men who don't buy dances from anyone lately LOL. Or they will only buy 1 dance only and leave. It's been shit lately.

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    I always did even though generally I did very well. I've actually been wanting to start again for a long time, months, and been a total chicken shit about it.
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