I have always been comfortable talking on stage and in front of people. I have been in drama class forever and acted in plays. Anyway even when I'm not scared I get really twitchy almost like constant shivering every now and then. Even when I'm not nervous my body gets these weird shivers. I don't know how to control it. I breathe in and out slowly read to get my mind off it but I still do it. This started happening last year. Please help.
2007-01-22 12:11:28 · 4 answers · asked by *Lizard_Gurl♥ 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
This is what helped me. I was nervous a lot even though leading an outgoing life, and thought to be happy and very together. I knew it was a habit and like all habits it could be overcome. I sat quietly and thought about why this happened and what came to mind was that I thought of myself as being so different from others and I was trying to hide it from everyone. The thought then came up that I was just a tiny molecule in what made up the whole universe and that all molecules had to be basically alike for the universe to hold together - or it would split apart. So, in my mind, I started a sort of mantra: "I am a perfectly ordinary normal molecule(or person)" and kept repeating it inwardly to myself over and over. I felt immediate relief, and kept repeating it sometimes for hours on end. It sort of released a knot of anxiety I had been feeling forever. After sometime I would become so blessedly relaxed and at peace. And I could just resort to that mantra any time in all circumstances. I didn't know at the time that I had discovered a meditation technique although a rather unconventional one. But after that was drawn to books on meditation and mantra. I realized I was a natural candidate for mantra. Eventually I was drawn to a celebrated, greatly respected Indian Guru, and the first thing he said to me through an interpreter, was that I should do japa intensely( I had to ask others what that was and was told it was repeating a mantra over and over!) He gave me a mantra and I realized that this was a wonderful confirmation that this was my spiritual path and also knew that this had been a spiritual practice in previous lives. This one practice alone( there were many others) was remarkably transformational and allowed me to enjoy being who I was and to be content when with others and enjoying a peace I did not know was possible. It certainly resolved my being in stress around others and as if to confirm that I kept being put in positions of authority in the Guru's Ashram which had become my home. So I just became comfortable in that role - even flourished in it and saw that it too was a spiritual practice. I hope you draw to you your own teacher, guide or guru (I now understand also that the outer teacher is the same as your own true self, the inner teacher.)
2007-01-22 13:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by Mukunda M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a deep breath and now it is all in the brain to over ride the problems,,,,See It works,,,Good Luck and be a great actress through Life,
2007-01-22 20:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you drink soda, coffee or tea with caffiene?
This might contribute.
I feel nervous when in similar situations. Learn meditation exercises.
Take care.
2007-01-22 20:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by Kahlo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did something tramatic happen to you?
You might want to seek medical attention to rule out any other
underlying problem.
2007-01-22 20:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by jl_68 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋