Public speaking fears remedies
Are there any remedies for public speaking fears? That's a question I often get asked. It seems that people would like to pop a pill, or take a medicine that miraculously gets rid of fear. There is no such thing. Sometimes, actors and musicians are prescribed "beta-blockers" - drugs that affect the cardiovascular system - for severe cases of stage fright. However, when they stop taking the tablets, the symptoms reappear. So these remedies do not attack the main cause of fear. The best remedy you can find is to discover the real, deep seated cause of your fear of public speaking. When you have discovered that you can then deal with rectifying it. I find with the people that I deal with that the main cause of fear is rooted in childhood, being told by parents and teachers to "keep quiet". This tends to make you feel you shouldn't talk out loud; so when you are asked to speak in public it goes against everything you learned as a child. Dealing with this can be time consuming, but largely it is attitude change that is the only thing that is needed. If that isn't easy for you, sometimes you may find that cognitive behavioural therapy is helpful.
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