Speech anxiety..

It happened to me when I was at my speech class. my hands just couldn't stop shaking, and I just freaking out when I look at all the audiences who focus on me at the moment. I just couldn't control it myself. I did really bad at speech, I admitted. Well, you just gonna need to practice more.

A few years ago, I got elected as my lodge's public liaison officer. Part of the job is to make announcements at select public events. I was so nervous the first few months, perhaps the first couple of years (come to think of it); I got very lucky that a couple of my friends were regular attendees. There is nothing like reckling from your friends to get you to relax. I did have a bout of nerves, which surprised me, at the first public ritual that I did three years ago (another job of the liaison officer). I didn't think it would be so bad considering how long I had been making public announcements. Technically, it was the second public ritual that I put together, but the first time I was visible the center of the ritual. I just walking around the altar nervously as I give the lecture section. Last year's ritual wasn't nearly as bad. And I am actually looking forward to the ritual that I am doing on June 5th this year, despite the fact that I just became short one of my voluteers (she broke her foot). The nice thing about all this experience is that I have no problem talking to strangers anymore; nor did I have any problems in the public speaking class that I had to take a couple of years ago for my Associate degree. If anything, I have discovered that I love being the center of attention.