I’m too out of practice with interpreting (oral) now so I translate (written) instead. Slightly less pressure 
My degree was translating and interpreting, but there was a lot of emphasis on international organisations and contemporary history. The aim was to prepare us for working as conference interpreters at the EU or UN. I did the tests for the EU and got through to the final stage but my lack of experience and ropey Spanish after a few years in France let me down.
[quote]eremesu wrote:
do you hear that guys? some fears are not grounded in reality. thank you for helping us realize that.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]pgtips wrote:
I hate it. I really, really hate it. I’m scared of it and it is not scared of me.
I like one to one speaking. I like small group discussions, even large group discussions, but I hate public speaking. I hate being centre of attention (Not that I’m particularly shy)
Is any one else in the same boat?[/quote]
I am not.
I find it interesting that some people are scared shitless of things that other people have no problem with.
Just goes to show how arbitrary and not grounded in reality such fears really are. [/quote]
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Na, the thing is, I get that some things scare people because I can relate to that somewhat, like heights, but it baffles me that I cannot find some sort of access to that feeling.
[quote]Diddy Ryder wrote:
I’m too out of practice with interpreting (oral) now so I translate (written) instead. Slightly less pressure
My degree was translating and interpreting, but there was a lot of emphasis on international organisations and contemporary history. The aim was to prepare us for working as conference interpreters at the EU or UN. I did the tests for the EU and got through to the final stage but my lack of experience and ropey Spanish after a few years in France let me down.[/quote]
Sounds like very interesting work man. Nice to hear that T- Nation has a resident polyglot as well haha.
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
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Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
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Yeah I figured that mental anxiety was still present. Better than sweating, stammering, and shaking I suppose, which would make one even more anxious.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[/quote]
Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?[/quote]
Your nerves will still scream in terror as much as if you never took them… the usual feelings of apprehension, and of wanting to be anywhere else but there are unaffected.
Learn to love words and language (read books on idioms and proverbs), study punctuation (the road signs of language set the tempo of the written word - at least learn enough about punctuation to be able to get a sense of tempo and presentation of ideas from written works that were intended to be performed…plays, transcripts - steal lines if you have to), practice, gain experience, know your audience, focus on individuals who make you feel at ease or make you feel like a lion (pretty girl at the back).
Don’t outstay your welcome and whatever you do , don’t visualize the audience as wearing red noses. Clowns are so scary they have a phobia named after them. Why would an audience full of clowns make public speaking less traumatic?
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[/quote]
Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?[/quote]
Your nerves will still scream in terror as much as if you never took them… the usual feelings of apprehension, and of wanting to be anywhere else but there are unaffected.
Learn to love words and language (read books on idioms and proverbs), study punctuation (the road signs of language set the tempo of the written word - at least learn enough about punctuation to be able to get a sense of tempo and presentation of ideas from written works that were intended to be performed…plays, transcripts - steal lines if you have to), practice, gain experience, know your audience, focus on individuals who make you feel at ease or make you feel like a lion (pretty girl at the back).
Don’t outstay your welcome and whatever you do , don’t visualize the audience as wearing red noses. Clowns are so scary they have a phobia named after them. Why would an audience full of clowns make public speaking less traumatic?
[/quote]
Thats weird.
And, if you overstayed your welcome, then what?
I mean, there must be some tangible repercussions, right?
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[/quote]
Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?[/quote]
Your nerves will still scream in terror as much as if you never took them… the usual feelings of apprehension, and of wanting to be anywhere else but there are unaffected.
Learn to love words and language (read books on idioms and proverbs), study punctuation (the road signs of language set the tempo of the written word - at least learn enough about punctuation to be able to get a sense of tempo and presentation of ideas from written works that were intended to be performed…plays, transcripts - steal lines if you have to), practice, gain experience, know your audience, focus on individuals who make you feel at ease or make you feel like a lion (pretty girl at the back).
Don’t outstay your welcome and whatever you do , don’t visualize the audience as wearing red noses. Clowns are so scary they have a phobia named after them. Why would an audience full of clowns make public speaking less traumatic?
[/quote]
Thats weird.
And, if you overstayed your welcome, then what?
I mean, there must be some tangible repercussions, right?[/quote]
Say what you want about George W, but that’s not a bad reaction time he’s got there…at all.
I actually get a bit of a thrill from public speaking. I don’t know if thrill is the right word, but it’s a rush of sorts.
I’ve even had to sing a song (Swingin’ on a Star) in front of about 300 people on stage. That takes balls when you sing as shitty as I do.
Something else that can reduce the stress of public speaking is throwing difficult questions back at the audience (Note this only works when said audience has has more expertise in a field than you do)
I speak to different groups of physicians on a biweekly to monthly basis. I’m not a physician. You’ll inevitably get a few guys who try and stump you on your knowledge of some esoteric medical procedure. I always throw it back at them…“well, I’m sure you’re much more knowledgeable on that subject than I am - what do YOU think about it?”. It helps to inflate their egos a bit before you throw the question back to them.
It makes for more audience participation and takes the heat off you. Try it.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Say what you want about George W, but that’s not a bad reaction time he’s got there…at all. [/quote]
He was captain of the Yale dodgeball team from 1964-68.
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Say what you want about George W, but that’s not a bad reaction time he’s got there…at all. [/quote]
He was captain of the Yale dodgeball team from 1964-68.[/quote]
I bet he never thought his skills there would be useful as POTUS.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Say what you want about George W, but that’s not a bad reaction time he’s got there…at all. [/quote]
He was captain of the Yale dodgeball team from 1964-68.[/quote]
I bet he never thought his skills there would be useful as POTUS. [/quote]
I lied. He never went to Yale but he did captain their dodgeball team.
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[/quote]
Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?[/quote]
Your nerves will still scream in terror as much as if you never took them… the usual feelings of apprehension, and of wanting to be anywhere else but there are unaffected.
Learn to love words and language (read books on idioms and proverbs), study punctuation (the road signs of language set the tempo of the written word - at least learn enough about punctuation to be able to get a sense of tempo and presentation of ideas from written works that were intended to be performed…plays, transcripts - steal lines if you have to), practice, gain experience, know your audience, focus on individuals who make you feel at ease or make you feel like a lion (pretty girl at the back).
Don’t outstay your welcome and whatever you do , don’t visualize the audience as wearing red noses. Clowns are so scary they have a phobia named after them. Why would an audience full of clowns make public speaking less traumatic?
[/quote]
Thats weird.
And, if you overstayed your welcome, then what?
I mean, there must be some tangible repercussions, right?[/quote]
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I see.
So, the cure of overcoming fear of public speaking is to learn how to dodge a punch (or thrown objects).
I suggest you take up boxing.
Or learn how to not giveafuckTM, which, I cannot stress this enough, is an invaluable skill to have.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Have you looked into beta-blockers? They supposively mask most of the physiological symptoms of public speaking anxiety. [/quote]
Beta-blockers are useless. Tried them years ago. They do mask the shakes, but they do nothing to help you relax into a public speech. You’ll still rush headlong through a presentation.
[/quote]
Could you describe the feeling?
Sooo, you need to talk in front of people…
Then what?[/quote]
Your nerves will still scream in terror as much as if you never took them… the usual feelings of apprehension, and of wanting to be anywhere else but there are unaffected.
Learn to love words and language (read books on idioms and proverbs), study punctuation (the road signs of language set the tempo of the written word - at least learn enough about punctuation to be able to get a sense of tempo and presentation of ideas from written works that were intended to be performed…plays, transcripts - steal lines if you have to), practice, gain experience, know your audience, focus on individuals who make you feel at ease or make you feel like a lion (pretty girl at the back).
Don’t outstay your welcome and whatever you do , don’t visualize the audience as wearing red noses. Clowns are so scary they have a phobia named after them. Why would an audience full of clowns make public speaking less traumatic?
[/quote]
Thats weird.
And, if you overstayed your welcome, then what?
I mean, there must be some tangible repercussions, right?[/quote]
[/quote]
I see.
So, the cure of overcoming fear of public speaking is to learn how to dodge a punch (or thrown objects).
I suggest you take up boxing.
Or learn how to not giveafuckTM, which, I cannot stress this enough, is an invaluable skill to have.
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So that little Q & A above was just a way to swing the discussion back to how awesome you are. FWIW, not giving a fuckTM about how long-winded you are doesn’t make you any less long-winded.
In fact, being aware of that may actually help you become a better speaker, which was what my point about outstaying your welcome was all about (not you specifically; in general). It wasn’t actually about dodgeball.
I’m highly impressed by your ability to argue with a gif.