Do you dread speaking in front of many people?

Me,too.

I do and that too despite being in marketing and administrative roles at work. It takes a while for me to come to terms with my predicament, but once I get over the phobia, I am pretty relaxed. I think I need more exposure to such situations to get over this situation.

Not really, after what I have been through over the years, I do not dread it at all.

Hi hotsummer, I'm not sure if anyone ever gets rid of their fear of public speaking completely. I was a teenager when I first spoke in public and have done so on hundreds of occasions since, yet even today I will sometimes feel uncomfortable just before I have to speak.Audiences too make a lot of difference. Blessings.

I also do not like speaking in front of many people. I kind of get nervous when I am asked to do so. I have given very few presentations in my college. Once I start then it is ok for me. But again I can not take that confidence into next presentation. Again next time I will be very nervous. I would like to change this thing about me but I do not know how this can be done.

Hi hotsummer. your name give me a feeling of outgoing.. i have the same experience as you, i was really anxious before i speaking in front of people and too nervous to say sth. but i think this kind of ability can be developed.. u can give yourself some different topic to say everyday. to talk to yourself in the mirror and imagine there's lots of people here.. Good luck!

hi hotsummer I Am right with you as I dread speaking on front fo a large group of people. My hands shaKe, my voice trembles, and i really cannot do it at all. I just get so panicked that I cannot even think as all I see are all those people out there staring at me, and I am thinking who am I , I do not have any speaking talent at all.I imagine there are a lot of people like us, poor things and they suffer just like we do. Here I am eighty three and still have a hard time speaking in public.

hey, that is the same way to me. My sweat will fall every time i have to stand in front of the public, i do not know how to handle this nervous..

Yes I'm also afraid to talk in front of the people. I hate also introducing myself in the class when I'm still studying I'm really nervous and I don't know what to say. I'm also hate when we have reporting in class I'm really nervous and sometimes it is hard for me to discuss my topic.

It's a normal feeling to be nervous when speaking in front of people. Even people who is used to talking in front of an audience still gets nervous. I think people get butterflies on their stomach because they are afraid of making mistakes or of what the audience will say about them. But the best way to overcome that fright is to expose yourself to it. The more that you allow yourself to speak in front of an audience the less fear you'll feel next time you are in the same situation. I try to prepare for what I have to say and practice so that I won't be thinking of making mistakes when I speak. If you make a mistake it's ok. Just say to yourself that it's part of learning to be a better speaker. :)

HI HOTSummer Just like you till last year i felt faint and nervous to speakout any thing in front of the peoples , for this reason i had lost so many good opportunitis of jobs,but this year i decied to improve my cumminication skills with confidence,meanwhile i got a job in media as reporter and anchor. Now I am more confident and ready to give speech at any topic in front of public.

I'm not a public speaker, I never have been been or ever will be. I chose not to be. I don't honestly care what I look like, but I'm not very good at convaying my thoughts very well at times. Public speaking is just something I've never been good at. I'v been asked to do some public speaking, but I have not. gone through with. I supose I could if it was a topic I'm passinate about. or, I'm provoked. That's not really very happy for me. I can be a real chatter box under those conditions, but yeah.... don't like the cerimstances in which I'd have to do that.