Very Bad Stage Fright?!

How I like to see it is in a logical way. You're on stage and you can't speak worried that you're going to embarrassed yourself. BUt by sanding there and not saying anything everyone knows you're choking and thats embarrassing enough. So either you try to save yourself with confidence even if its fake, or actually embarrassed yourself. You speak or do something on stage, people are going to talk afterwords anyways. You say nothing they speak negatively, you say/do something bad they talk negatively, or you say/do something good they speak Positively about you. So why not?

I've been there and done that as I've been a performer for 9 years now, so I won't bullsh*t you, it's always scary at first and none of those myths work! The problem is you are way too worried about peoples opinions so what I do and have done for many years is not caring about what people think of me, you know, let go of all your inhibitions and have fun :)! My eyes used to tear up when I stood (or rather sat) infront of audiences but eventually I got over it! It may take you a while but you'll get there.