Public-speaking Syndrome

[Guest Nervous]

Hi...Anyone Please Help me !! I feel a kind of fear and nervousness, confusion, low in confidence while in Speaking publicly, make presentation, addressing a group or while speaking to a group of people in general..my mind goes blank, I struggle for words..and cant reply to their questions and i become defencive. Any Advice as to how to deal with this?

[singh_comradz]

just focus on what you're doing and take no notice of ppl around you

[simmal tree]

just pretend like everybody is in their kacheras.

[simmal tree]

Just kidding. DO NOT do that.

I think the best confidence builder is sangat. Go to sangat, and do kirtan, do seva, and have small group discussions with your sangat. Ask the kids in your sangat to test you and help you gain confidence by doing pretend interviews and have a speech contest in your sangat. :wub:

[Jaspaul Singh]

oooooohhhh simmal tree in a kacheraaa :e:

but seriously .. just remember that whatever your about to say in a presentation is beneficial in a way to the sangat your talkin to. Always have a smile on your face, and just pretend your talking to people you know..

other than that its all upto you to be strong and go against your public-speaking fear! :TH:

[simmal tree]

i feel so lucky i got 10 kacheras custom made this time when i went to punjab

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

1) Ardaas for strength.

2) Deep breath before getting to the podium.

3) Practice.

[Khalsa4ever]

Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

Practice, practice, practice!!

I'm very much the same way, I have a deathly fear of public speaking and presentations... and I had to give 3 presentations in the last month!! (First one I bombed, but I gradualy improved with each one).

Try to add some humor, and especially tell the audience if they have any questions, to ask them DURING the presentation (not after).

As soon as the audience gets involved, it doesn't feel like a speech or presentation, but a conversation, and that is WAAAY easier to handle.

Good luck!

Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

[japmans]

i LOVEE public speaking.. i relish speaking to crowds.

i just go and do it.. i don't really have a prescription for it.. just go ahead and speak... almost as if all of them are your friends... and jus go up there and Do it... combined with practising so you know your matieral well, and you'll be fine!

[Guest _kaur_]

i used to feel the exact same. but then i just thought to myself, Why am i so nervous? I'm just talking in front of normal people just like myself. Why should I be nervous in front of them. They are just people, not lions or anything. So like yeah. After thinking about that, i can talk in front of people with no problem... but i still do get a little nervous when i don't have my speech memorized i probably don't even make any sense right now but um yeah :wub: