How can I be less nervous while presenting in front of a lot of people?!
Question: Whenever I have a presentation, I get really nervous. I can't breathe normally and my hands are really shaky. I tried to tell myself to relax and be confident but it didn't help! Can anyone tell me what to do? I have a presentation coming next week and god how am I not going to embarrass myself in front of all those people? I don't want my nervousness to show! I thought i was going to well every time but once I got up front I panicked! Someone help me plx!!
Answers: Whenever I have a presentation, I get really nervous. I can't breathe normally and my hands are really shaky. I tried to tell myself to relax and be confident but it didn't help! Can anyone tell me what to do? I have a presentation coming next week and god how am I not going to embarrass myself in front of all those people? I don't want my nervousness to show! I thought i was going to well every time but once I got up front I panicked! Someone help me plx!!
Wow......you sound just like me.....I have to do a "mini-play" in spanish class tomorrow and i am pretty much like the shy-est person you will EVER meet, but sometimes, when i know what I'm talking about, I dont get so nervous. What is your presentation on? I know this might sound reallly stupid but im like a high schooler and we're stupid, right? Right! Well, right before i get up to do a report or whatever, i think of my favorite TV show PRISON BREAK!! It makes me less nervous and i am soooo comfortable with that show. Or, i pretend I'm going to meet Wentworth Miller, a God. Would I be nervous if i were to meet him? NO WAY!!! Or, sometimes, I just think of like my IDOL. Usually just an actress, though and i think, "Would she be nervous? No! She's amazing at acting! I wanna be just like her!" And then i pretty much pretend that if i do this presentation, i will be just like her and its gonna go perfect. I know these sound stupid, but i like live in the middle of nowhere and TV is all i have lol. But if all of that doesnt work, just try this: Find that one person that you are really comfortable with (friend, etc.) and just look at them the whole time. Its like youre just talking to them and them alone. It totally works. Anyways, good luck with your presentation!!!!!
Oh, and by the way, a little side note......Do you remember the last presentation someone presented for you when they were in the front? Odds are, YOU DONT!!! People are totally going to forget you were even up there, so dont sweat it!!! Wow, its kinda like im tellling myself not to freak....cool!! Good luck again.
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I get nervous too, but I find that if I practice my presentation enough to have it comfortably memorized, I don't get as nervous.
some people take beta blockers for this. I personally take xanax when I'm going to do something that scares the bejeebers out of me.
hey. i was about to tell u the same thing but if that doesn't work for u... i don't really know anything else... i have a huge stagefright problem too. i get real nervous but then i start to enjoy myself and i don't feel so nervous any more. just try being urself. take a deep breath and believe in urself. that is the best thing to do. hope this helps!