bigvern
New member
Hi all,
Glad I've found this site.
I don't get scared or nervous when I have to speak in public, I get terrified, full stop.
I've been in situations in meetings when I only have to say my name as we go around the room and I go into panic mode. The adrenaline dump is phenomenal - my legs and arms shake, I can even feel my head shaking on top of my neck. But the worst is my voice, it’s not quiet it’s just because I'm terrified there is an audible tremor / shake which has been noticed by others.
The funny thing is sometimes when I speak I'm reasonably ok and at other times if I had to say exactly the same things in front of the same people I'd be completely terrified - I don't know why this is.
I have taken propananol in the past but I am so bad I had to take them like smarites before they had any effect.
Can anything be done about the shaky voice - is down to the breathing or tension in the neck or the adrenaline?
Do you think some people just naturally produce more adrenaline in a given situation so giving rise to the terrified feelings?
With someone as bad as me do you think it is something I can ever get over?
Does this condition come on gradually - I remember being at secondary school and not giving a second thought to reading aloud in class etc..
I feel ashamed of myself all the time, the thing is I could tackle a knife wielding thug without thinking, but the public speaking thing is a different matter entirely. I was in police for 11 years and got commendations for bravery
Glad I've found this site.
I don't get scared or nervous when I have to speak in public, I get terrified, full stop.
I've been in situations in meetings when I only have to say my name as we go around the room and I go into panic mode. The adrenaline dump is phenomenal - my legs and arms shake, I can even feel my head shaking on top of my neck. But the worst is my voice, it’s not quiet it’s just because I'm terrified there is an audible tremor / shake which has been noticed by others.
The funny thing is sometimes when I speak I'm reasonably ok and at other times if I had to say exactly the same things in front of the same people I'd be completely terrified - I don't know why this is.
I have taken propananol in the past but I am so bad I had to take them like smarites before they had any effect.
Can anything be done about the shaky voice - is down to the breathing or tension in the neck or the adrenaline?
Do you think some people just naturally produce more adrenaline in a given situation so giving rise to the terrified feelings?
With someone as bad as me do you think it is something I can ever get over?
Does this condition come on gradually - I remember being at secondary school and not giving a second thought to reading aloud in class etc..
I feel ashamed of myself all the time, the thing is I could tackle a knife wielding thug without thinking, but the public speaking thing is a different matter entirely. I was in police for 11 years and got commendations for bravery