Did you know that Phonophobia, the fear of speaking aloud and even more so Glossophobia, the fear of speaking in public is the #1 fear of most people according to The book of Lists? The fear of death/dying Thanatophobia was usually #2 or higher on this and most lists. Basically what ths is saying is that when someone is asked to speak in front of a good-sized or large audience, they would rather die. WOW!
Why is this? What are we so afraid of? Well speaking of myself years ago. It was the thought that everyone was looking at me from head to toe and perhaps critiqueing me. Like my zipper might be down on my pants, something might be hanging from my nose or something else that would cause the people to laugh at me. The other thing was that I felt that maybe didn't really know what I was talking about and they would discover this. Sounds crazy, but true and true for a lot of people.
There are even excuses that people give such as, "speaking in public is just not my thing" or "I am more of a behind the scences kind of person". All cover ups to deceive you from the truth. Well there are many ways to help people not only conquer that fear but to also radically improve their speaking voice. Their are many techniques out there that work. We at Ambassador-MediaGroup.com seem to thing our resources are one of the best.
Do you or have you ever had a fear of speaking in front of large groups? If so post your experineces in this blog. Thanks. Oh don't forget to visit us at Ambassador-MediaGroup.com and check out our upcoming new resource, "Speak Out"!
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