Public Performance Anxieties?

[sunnysideup]

I pretty much share the same anxieties, Plen. I consider myself really shy and so I used to make up all kinds of excuses to get out of having to give a presentation for school or work. Being the centre of attention sets off a lot of emotions in me and can be quite overwhelming. Over the years practice has made it a bit better, but I still struggle with it. I've also found that when I experience an extreme case of this emotional build up, that there's a defence mechanism that kicks in. A sort of out of body-ish experience, like looking at the situation from a third person point of view and where my body is on auto-pilot.