what is the best way to prevent stage fright?

Question

when i talk in front of people,i feel really scared and i do some manorisms.but i can do anything in front of people if someone is with me and i dont feel scared....please help me to stop being scared when im going to speak in front of people!

Answer 1

Its all understandable! Everybody has faced this sabre at one point or another. I am now an accomplished orator,things weren't a bed of roses even for me earlier!!
Before you step at the dias, take 5 deep breaths deep from your stomach.Put up a smile on yr face,u may feel it forced but trust me it actually helps you relax and people score you high on your nerve-free approach!
Next, start speaking at a slow pace,with this you actually hear your own words and don't stammer.speaking like a Renault car will actually make it worse!
Next, when you start speaking, look around at the whole mass of audience before you and do not concentrate on one person alone, this will go a long way in encouraging you since many people who look back to your eye to eye contact will nod /smile, which makes you feel soooo good about yr speech. One of them will definately be people you know too!!
when you speak, do so very audibly and clearly,it does not mean you should shout yrself hoarse, simply feel your voice from yr throat. Having rise and fall of volume is imp., quip few funny anecdotes which will make yr audience laugh, their laughter is like a soothing balm to yr nerves!
finally, look at this opportunity wherein you are given a chance to speak at something which is hard to come by! not many people get this opportunity, you express yr own views and ideas ,if delivered flawlessly will keep potential employers / recruiters trailing you! and , I know you have probably heard it a billion times, KEEP FULL CONFIDENCE IN YR SELF, IT SHOWS WHEN YOU WALK TO THE PODIUM!!

Answer 2

The only thing that worked for me in HS (an I'm very outspoken, but still get a shaky voice sometimes when I have to speak in front of a class)...I just have to tell myself that whatever happens, happens. When I took the SATs, I slept so well the night before because I pretended to myself that I just didn't care.

It's true though. Starting with a small group of people and working your way up is a good idea. Perhaps you should start by just saying hello to people you pass on the street. See what conversations you can start. Shakespeare said "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Even when you walking down the street, or on the way to class, you're still performing an act (be it that the act is "you"). And don't forget, unless you're auditioning for Spielberg..stepping on that stage, perhaps making a fool of yourself...not likely to change your life. Go up there and if you goof, you goof. In a year, the only person to remember it will be you.

Answer 3

When you go out on stage pick a person in the center of the audience to look at, and talk out loud as if you were talking directly to that person.
Then after a several seconds pick a different person to talk to and just keep doing that. One person at a time until you are done.

Answer 4

You have to have a strong imagination. Consider yourself alone in the room and whatever it is that you're going to say is just for your own benefit. A kind'a expressing your thoughts aloud. Try to look beyond your audiences--to the farthest point your eye could see. Inhale deeply through your nose and exhale through your mouth (though don't open it wide, okay?). Then fire away. It usually works. The moment your first words are out, your nervousness also have took off with them.

Answer 5

practice imfront of a mirror. jst hav fun onstage and dont think of how scared u r on stage. i once a lacrosse tournament and the first 2 games were really bad b/c all i cared about was wining. the last 2 games, i really had fun playing, and i ended up playing alot better. so mayb it will work 4 u. good luck!

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Answer 6

practice in front of people, not by yourself, it will slowly disappear, and try to get larger groups of people at a time... hell, if you can do it in the middle of a McDonald's or something while everyone watches, your set... Best of luck!

at a public place no one will ever see you again or even remember your face, and if they heckle while your doing it, all the better because if you can withstand that, then when you do it i highly doubt that anyone is going to do that, and once youve been through the worst of things, everything seems so much sweeter!

Answer 7

First realize your audience does not realize you are as nervous as you are. If you do not tell them they will not know. Take that energy created by the stage fright and turn it towards you talk. Use it to animate the talk, without be distractive. Practice, practice, practice....the more you speak in public the better it gets.

Answer 8

this is not something that may appeal to the majority of people but it is what works for me. a very small amount of alcohol calms my nerves.. I am NOT saying get totally smashed and babble incoherently and make a spectacle of your foolish self.. I have also heard that for people with a serious problem with social anxiety of having to face very important people and events that taking an Ativan pill has very calming qualities.
drugs and alcohol ... bah.. different things work for different people at different times for different reasons...
this is my thought for when all else fails.. a method of last resort..
I am with everyone else, with time and experience... practice makes perfect. Hopefully.
Good Luck :)

Answer 9

think of an actor (or other performer) you admire.

now practise being that person.

when you go on stage, don't go on stage as yourself - go on stage as the performer you admire.

they don't suffer from stagefright.

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(incidentally, if you look into the biography of danny kaye you will find that he suffered the most appalling stagefright as a young man - and even intermittently throughout his career. it never stopped him from becoming one of hollywood's greatest actors of the 1930s and 1940s.

did you also know that admiral horatio nelson used to get really badly seasick for his first two days at sea?)

Answer 10

Frighten the Stage!