Why I Fear Public Speaking

Public Speaking has to be one of my biggest fears since I started college. I do not honestly, fully understand why it terrifies me. During Public Speaking this semester, I hope to figure out why I fear speaking in front of large groups of people. I hope to overcome the stress and anxiety that comes along with speaking in front of an audience. After reading the Dwyer book this semester it helped me realize some reasons why I fear public speaking and how to overcome some of the stressors. My main goal this year is to move past my fear and overcome the feeling I get when having to speak in front of the class. I say this because I want to be an elementary teacher and the fear of public speaking will not help me succeed in my dream of becoming

I thought of many ways out of it and things I could do to try and not take this class. Some of the ways I have thought about getting out of public speaking was either taking it online or at the community college near my town. The two options I believed would have been the easy way out until I found out that certain public speaking class that were taken online I had to Skype of voice call with my partner and the teacher and that got me nervous and I had to drop the class. The other option I had was taking the class at the community college near my home with some of my close friends, until I found out that the class over filled and there were many people in it. So I decided not to do that as well, I have added and dropped this class multiple times, until this year when I received the email saying there was another

My top three are very important to me and those are the three I wish to change first. To start off physical sensation, is something I would really like to work on and change because I believe I went through a lot of negative sensations. The sensation that bothers me the most is the extreme butterflies I get in my stomach. I say extreme because they get so strong that it actually makes me very nauseous. My second basic personality dimension would be behavior because my acts and habits are very uncontrolled. Usually when I public speak or beforehand, I will bite my nails and overuse the word “like’ or “uhh”, therefor I believe I need to end that habit. My third and one of the most important sensation I need to change is stress, I hold stress in my stomach which makes me very nauseous. The breathing techniques I have learned throughout the book has helped me