I have a MASSIVE fear of speaking in public. Unfortunatly, I have to take a public speaking class this semester. My first speech was this monday. My heart was pounding all day long. I couldn
't sleep the night before. I was in full panic attack mode. I volunteered to go first, o get it over with. I walked up to the podium shaking. I began my speach. The more I spoke, the worse I shook. About 1 minute into the speech, I blacked out.
I cannot speak in public. I can stand naked in front of 3,000 people, but I can't talk.
Same goes for video cameras. I can pose for a still camera no problem, but if it's video, I freeze up and can't move. If I have to actually speak in front of the camera, panic attack time.
How do I get over this? I was actually thinkign of askign my doctor for a prescription for klonopin to take before my speaches. I had a well written speech prepared. It could have been awesome..but instead, I turn beet red, stutter through it, and black out.
Help!


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