Is there something wrong with me? Please read details.?

Question

Whenever I am in school, and we are required to recite, I get too nervous even when I am confident with my answer and also, when I know my answer is 100% correct. When the teacher says "NEXT!!", I get too nervous to the point that I think I would faint. Is there something wrong with me?

Answer 1

It sounds like your having a small panic attack . The next time it happens tell your teacher and go to the nurses office right away.. your mum and dad need to know that this is happening and help you seek treatment for it ...

Best Regards

Answer 2

No, nothing wrong. You are just too nervous worrying about what other people will think of your answer. Don't worry what they think.

Trust me, everyone feels the same way to some degree.
Just state your answer with confidence, and even if you are wrong, that is how others learn and you actually had the guts to say something.

Answer 3

No.

The fear of public speaking is one of the strongest fears in humans.

By nature, most people are at least somewhat self conscious and have a fairly strong fear or at least concern when it comes to standing in front of a group of strangers, or even companions, for almost any reason.

I would suggest to you two things.

The first is a speech class. I took one when I was younger and although I thought I was going to die when I had to give my first speech, I felt like a million times better when I was done and it went well.

These classes teach things like confidence when you speak, how to speak well, and tricks for handling different audiences. They are a tremendous confidence booster all the way around and rather fun to boot.

The second thing I'd like to say to you is.

Relax. Try to put the entire situation into perspective. It's a speech in front of some people. You aren't facing a crocodile in a one on one fight to the death. You aren't climbing the side of a 1000 foot rock wall without aid, you aren't falling from a burning plane to your death below, you aren't finding that a loved one is dying of cancer...it's only a speech. If you put this into perspective, perhaps by placing it aside a list of things that you know are far worse, then it may be much easier. Be confident, once you have established the worst case scenario (a light mocking perhaps or people making flash decisions about who you are based on your speech), the rest is easy.

Love as always,

Sebastian

Answer 4

Not at all. It is perfectly normal to not feel comfortable speaking out in a class room setting. If you are confident in your answer, take a deep breath, and just say it. Try some slow chest breathing...in through your nose...out through your mouth. Have you talked to someone you can trust about this? A teacher, a guidance counselor, your parents...they would all love to help you feel less afraid and more confident. I am sure they could give you some suggestions to try as well. The more you speak out in class the easier it will become. I promise you, I have been there!!

Answer 5

I don't know if this will help; Age has nothing to do with your condition. I am 34 years and I still get the stage fright. I am a youth pastor in our church and I get so scared being up there. The funny part is, I get on stage about 4 times in a month and that's with faces I am familiar with. And I have been doing that for the past 10 years. What i have come up with is; i can talk freely with individuals. so what i do is when i get up there, i concentrate on those individual faces like my wife and friends. And from there i pick up confidence. It works out fine for me. No one ever notices except for my wife.

Answer 6

Nope, it's nothing too unusual. Heck, I used to be scared to speak in public too, or read in class, because I thought others might make fun of me or something.

But I just forced myself to do it, and screw what other people say. If they can do a better job, then let them read next time.

I think there is a condition if you're too scared/nervous, but it's probably just anxiety and overthinking it. Just think "might as well get this over with", do your best, then afterwards just remind yourself of how easy it was. If you continue to feel this way no matter what though, you may want to seek professional help.

Answer 7

No your fine. You just need to calm down and take a deep breath next time the teacher calls on you. When we get nervous, no matter how confident we know something, sometimes the anxiety can tend to make us second guess ourselves. Just take a second to breathe and it will calm you, giving you the breath you need to speak your answer. Dont let your teachers pushiness make you nervous to speak fast.... if she's so impatient then let it go and know that its her problem and not yours. As long as your learning thats all that matters.

Answer 8

You're not alone here. I don't know anyone who doesn't get at least a little anxious about public speech.
I was chosen class speaker in medical school. I kept telling them I couldn't do it.
No one listened nor believed.
I gave it the old college try, but as soon as I opened my mouth behind the podium, my voice just disappeared.

I'm a little better today, but not by much.
Keep practicing, it gets easier. Perhaps not as easy as you would like, but easier nonetheless.

Answer 9

no. it takes practice. learning how to stand up like that. keep on trying. the more you do it the easier it will get. you may always feel that nervousness to a degree, but may not be as bad. i get like that to. not to a point of fainting. but talk to your teacher about it maybe. if she knows about it and may have some words to say about it, it may aleviate some of the pressure to begin with in her particular class. so will help put you at some ease. but you can get used to it. for me i would get so nervous, it would get to a point of me sweating perfusly. still does sometimes, but its not as bad now that i continue to work on it.

Answer 10

No. Public speaking is one of the most common anxiety-producing activities. Your confidence will increase as you get older; try taking deep breaths before your turn to speak.