I need some simple tips to help me to not become nervous when speaking to a large group ( my class ). I have to deliver a presentation but I always end up messing up and getting a rubbish grade because I get too nervous which causes anxiety and even more nerves and I end up shaking, get wobbly knees, sometimes a bit light headed and rreeaallllyy sweaty palms ( gross, I know ) and it must be quite funny for the people watching, especially when I start to stutter/stammer, but I just feel like dying. It upsets me a lot that I am not able to speak confidently and most other people in the class are. Any tips? Even now while I'm typing this I am nervous about the presentation and it is about 2 weeks away yet.. please help..It also makes it worse when I hear people talking/giggling while I'm delivering the presentation even if it's not about me, which most of the time it will be anyway because it never happens during anyone else's, and then I end up paranoid and my nervousness/anxiety/stuttering/stammering gets even worse.. any suggestions or should I just crawl under a rock now?
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Confidence is the key to that I can say because I experienced that too speaking to a lot of people it is just that your case is worse because me my face just turned red like a potato.Tips first make sure you well know the things you will say or your report it will ease the thought of committing mistake and get shame in the class.Another think of happy thoughts or anything that will make your nervousness go,or a person that you know whatever happens they will be with you.Third here is a trick that I usually use I look at my audience blankly like their never there or you could think that this people are also sitting in their toilet bowl every morning and farting like you so they are really not a big deal>But as long as you know what you are saying you should not be nervous you will see just be confident you can do it good luck
I have the same problem. My mouth goes really dry then I start speaking quickly, stumbling over my words. The best thing I can recommend is Bach's Rescue Remedies. They're a mixture of herbs and plant extracts but amazingly, they actually work. Many driving instructors keep a tub of them to give to pupils just before their driving test, to stop them being nervous but they work for any kind of anxiety.