How Scary Is Public Speaking?

No, its not scary. i love public speaking.

It's down to personality and confidence it gets easier the more you do it you'll find that any fear will go after a couple, it's like anything new you kind of feel scared of it untill you start doing it everyday or a lot. I guess like driving for example everyones nervus the first time they get in the driving seat but once you've been driving for a while it just becomes second nature like walking you don't even know your doing it.

I couldn't do it, just scares the s out of me lol

I've been in a couple of touring bands over the last 8 years so I love being up on stage!

It is not the speaking part that is scary: you can rehearse the talk.

It is the question time that is unpredictable and scary. The more uninformed the audience, the more unexpected and odder the questions can be. It is very easy to make a silly response yourself.

I'd say on a scale of 1-10,10 being the most scary public speaking is 12!It's something
I could never see myself doing especially as a career so you're a braver man than me and
I wish you every success!

With me it is odd. I have spoken to large groups before with no real problem. Sometimes talking to a SMALL group is entirely different. I INTERVIEW people, and am hesitant! WHY!?!?!? THEY should be afraid of ME! THEY don't know what I'll ask, and a bad impression means time wasted, and they have to look elsewhere! Still, I'm hesitant!

Steve

I don't care for public speaking, myself. Every time I do it people start laughing, as if I'm a comedian.

They say that "public speaking" gets listed higher than "death" of surverys of common fears. So, as the old joke goes, you'd rather be in the box than giving the eulogy.

I have much experience performing improvised comedy/theatre, which is the art of appearing sure of yourself when you have no idea what's going on. After years of doing that, I'm quite comfortable in any sort of presentation, whether or not I'm prepared. (which is both a good and bad thing)

If you have a fear of public speaking, I encourage you to dig a bit deeper to figure out what the fear really is. Surely you're not scared of talking. And you're probably not scared of people. So what is it... really?

One thing migt be, in some form, the fear of looking stupid. As far as I'm concerned, the cure for that is realizing and fully believing the truth that... "it doesn't matter". Relax. Stress and tension wll only inhibit your performance, so let it all go with a big shrug and a "so what".

So what if you stumble on some words? So what if you get lost in your slideshow frames? These expectations of perfection are only held by YOU. Nobody else will be so picky.

As long as your message is good, you can bumble your way through the whole thing.

Again, find the real core fear masquarading as "public speaking" and you can put a stop to it controlling you.

-Ryan

Scary? You're just talking to people -- and if you are talking, it means you have something to say that they want or need to know. They WANT to hear what you have to say. Have fun with it and be FLAMBOYANT - many people never get the thrill of that kind of attention~