Express yourself and your topic more forcefully and show your audience, and yourself that you can do this. By controlling anxiety in this way, you are using it to your advantage to deliver a killer speech.
You’ll look more alive, be more energetic and more in the moment. Your anxiety will inevitably drop, it always does and when you get a break, ask for more anxiety, because you want more of the feelings. You are interested in them, but not threatened by them.
Okay, so this seems like an awful lot to be thinking while you’re trying to focus on a presentation, but you’ll find that it’s really not. You would be amazed at how many different thoughts you can have while you’re speaking, none of which are related to your task at hand. This is about taking on a new attitude of confidence in yourself and getting rid of your fear of speaking.
If your main fear of speaking is caused from a feeling of being trapped, then you should work on some mental releases that you can do before the speech. Coping with panic attacks while onstage means you need to prevent panic attacks from happening in the first place.
If your speaking engagement allows you to turn attention back into the audience for feedback, etc. make sure to factor in these opportunities when planning your speech.
You don’t have to use these breaks if you don’t need them, but many people who suffer from anxiety these to be great cures for anxiety. They find that having opportunities where they can take attention from themselves for a moment is a great way of controlling their anxiety.
It seems to make their task of speaking a little less daunting. You may be able to do something like having people introduce themselves or offer some time for questions. Sometimes, these diversions aren’t possible, but anytime you can create a break, even a brief break, can lessen the trapped feeling you might be having from being in the spotlight.
PS.Read my personal story on how I cured my severe anxiety. See My Anxiety Story
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