How to deal with presentation stress and anxiety 

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Its horrible when u didn't do the presentation but after your done it's like the best feeling in the world

I get so nervous My voice sounds like I’m about to cry

Am I the only one that feels kinda relieved that I'm not the only one that struggles with this

I wish I could do presentation wearing a motorcycle helmet with dark visor and full body armor lol

a few things that help me when nervous about presentations: 1. deep breaths are key, before, during and after the presentation! 2. remember that this presentation will come to an end and most likely no one will remember it, so don't stress about doing anything "embarrassing"! 3. act as if you're talking about something you're passionate about! i find that if i act as if i want to be there it helps me actually want to be there! 4. you can pray! i believe in God and ask for Him to calm my nerves before every presentation! hope this helped in some way :) you are far from alone my friend!

The best thing about watching these videos is reading the comments. Having the feeling that you’re not alone 😌

I have a presentation in my class tomorrow and every time I get nervous my voice starts to sound choppy and I forget what was going to say it is so annoying

It's the *best* feeling when you finish your speech

I think the worst part is the eye contact. I'd be fine with presenting if I didn't have to look at people.

I have super bad social anxiety.. if I even think about something that isn't going to even happen but it'll be embarrassing I'll start getting butterflies in my stomach and feel like I'm about to get sick

To all the people that have anxiety, I know how u feel and its the worse feeling ever. Right before presentations its the worssstttt feeling and the only thing I'm worried about is what people think about me. I am trying to learn to not think about what people think about me but i have anxiety and its scary assssffff 😭😭 Here are some of my 4 tips for presenting I hope it makes u even a tiny bit better . 1. Drink water before presenting. It helps with the nervous system. 2. Breath 4 seconds breathing in 7 seconds holding ur breath and breath out 3. When ur presenting focus on what ur doing. TRY not to think about the people around and just try to just explain ur presentation if u know what i mean lol sorry I can't explain things!! 😂 4. Just think to get it over is it because just think about the AMAZZINGGG feeling that u have after u present something 😂 And just think that life will be ok just think positive. Whoever read this thank you lol I hope this helped even a tiny bit but just know that u are not alone because I know how u feel ❤ K byyyeeee 😂

Always remember the audience is on your side... They want you to do well and they are forgiving of mistakes. Even if they are strangers, they are all rooting for you.

i will do an operation to remove my Amygdala in my brain...

Something to remember: most people are so nervous and focused on their own performance, they really don’t focus on you. Even if something embarrassing happens, they prob won’t remember. Hopefully this makes u feel a little better

I have social anxiety. I’ve tried breathing. I’ve tried not worrying about it. I’ve tried everything. It never works. Never. I actually like how honest this video this is. Nothing works. All you can do is fake it. At least, that’s how it is with me.

HEY YOU!!!! YES YOU- THE ONE READING THIS. don’t be nervous. you are talented and beautiful and so amazing! you’ve got this! It’ll be over soon, and once it is, you’ll feel sooo much better! 💗 I love you 💗

- your presentation/how well you do it doesn’t define you, you define it, and it’s ok if you mess up - you have information that you’ve studied that you’re trying to share. You’re not a professional presenter, so it won’t be perfect, but you at least know your material - have confidence in that - leave room for error - don’t expect yourself to be perfect, and stay calm when you make any mistakes

Literally the only thing that stops me from graduating college...

I used to cry back in high school when I had to do presentations. So embarrassing!! In varsity, when doing group presentations, I would ask to go first and do introduction part of the presentation and be over with it. Now, I’m a teacher and I stand in front of an audience everyday. I can safely say that’s it’s all in your mind. The nerves come and go but it’s not as bad now. So you can do it too!!

I have 3 presentations this week lol...today is the first one

When I speak infront of people I shake and my heart rate goes really fast then I have trouble breathing.

I just wanna reassure you. Last weeks I was LITTERALY scared because I had to prepare an oral presentation. I even cried sometimes at home, feeling a huge lack of confidence. The day when I have done my presentation finally, it was incredibly stimulating ! I thought i would have a big bug, forget my words... but absolutely not ! I have two advices from this experience : 1. Train MANY times at home, train a lot and prepare yourself as if you were in the classroom. The more you'll train, the more you will be at ease in real conditions. Secondly, participate at class sessions. I felt I was less intelligent than others. I also thought i had the bad answers while others have everytime the good answers to the teacher's questions. But it REALLY helped me when I made the step and decided to just ask a question, try to answer, to give my point of view in class sessions. It REALLY malkes the difference, it helpes you to GAIN A LOT of confidence !!! And of course, as a believer, I asked god and He of course responded positively and helps me during this hard time before my oral test, makes me feel way more confident. I hope my experience will help you !! :)

The mere thought of a presentation sends me into a panic attack. I don’t know what to do about it

im not the only one who is pretty much failing english just becuase i cant present without freezong up, forgeting my lines and just shaking as if there was an earthquake right?

My teachers always said to me that everyone has to do it so you'll be fine, but I never really am... I know that everyone has to do it but I still don't like it... for me standing is the hardest part. I could sit and speak and be perfectly fine

I literally started crying today when I found out about a debate and we have to do it in front of the class. Man I’m such a wusssy

The worst part for me is silence. I don’t want the crowd to be silent.

The teachers say “go up in front of 30 people and remember this..” and they do nothing for the kids who literally throw up thinking about it.

Bro I feel at home in this comment section, I'm nervous for a presentation that I have to give tomorrow.

i don t know if i can present My Project in school im Really nervous

why can I find thousands of people online that suffer from anxiety and it makes me feel great and that I’m not alone, yet irl I can’t find one single person suffering from anxiety and everyone else presenting in my class is so confident. W H Y

I almost cried in all my presentations 😪

I HATE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, funny thing is once I’m started/finished I feel so much more comfortable

I practice with my family with my school presentations. It is very nerve racking even when I practice with my family. I don’t like to be the attention in the center. But my best tip is HAVE A PLAN! Have a great plan that you are excited to tell people about it. That way you won’t be nervous to much

Thank you I have had many anxiety attacks in front of my school.it is humiliating and makes me so embarrassed. This video has really helped hopefully I won't have another attack

i need to do a presentation tomorrow....😭😭i cant im to nervous and all that

Just finished a presentation today and it went great! If I can do it. TRUST me you can too 🎉 YOU GOT THIS!!

I have a presentation in a couple days and reading these comments and watching this video helped my overcome part of my fear because I realized that other people feel the same way💖👍💖if you have a presentation coming up don’t worry you’re going to rock it!!

I start shaking and my face turns red

a good tip is to tell yourself "its really not that big of a deal"

Whenever I present the feeling after you present, is just like the best feeling ever.

Watching this now even though I have a presentation in 2 weeks, I hate it when I speak and my voice starts to get shaky and in my mind I'm like "Talk normally you moron" and in reality my voice acts different, I totally hate that..

When you’re presenting, do your best! Ignore your classmates and focus on one small group of people and switch between small groups. Also the way I think is that no one is gonna rlly pay attention cause they’re probably freaking out about their own presentation.

Man everytime I'm doing a presentation I begin really good and the second I struggle saying something I can't get back to normal, I can't fucking speak, my voice is shaking and basic things like sweating awkwardly laughing.

In high school I was decent at public speaking. I just thought of it as talking to my friends in my class. Now in college, I’m always nervous and my voice sounds shaky. Great :)

I have to present without a paper and I have to memorize every single word. When we share in class, I always pass because I'm too scared to say something. But I HAVE to present so get a good grade. Because once it's over I won't go back

I have a presentation In 10 mins and I’m shaking fr right now. This always happens to me and I really don’t know how to deal with it. Deep breaths don’t help and neither does pausing Edit- the presentation is over and I feel a lot better. I just made sure that I was speaking clearly and I just looked out into the audience at my parents

The other day, I had to present in Spanish class and a couple hours before I presented, I started crying, like having a mental breakdown. I finally calmed down when I asked the teacher to present only with her.

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my RU-vid channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤

I have a presentation today at 11, this was excellent. Thank you.

I feel like I’m gonna cry, I have a presentation tomorrow ☹️

all of a sudden, i feel a lot more nervous after watching this... this just basically explained how my body's supposed to act when I am nervous... gosh, must hit the back button to the previous 3 videos.

I have to remember an essay and go up in the front of the class and present while remembering the entire thing, I also have social anxiety so I am screwed

Presentations ruined me and put an end to my dream of succeeding at university. I was already battling depression and anxiety with my personal life, university just added to it. Thinking back to that evening in a class with around 20 other pupils, 6 weeks into the course with still no friends made gets to me emotionally to the point where i feel ashamed and like a failure. Not a day goes by where i think if only i was much stronger and where i could be in life right now. I tried to talk but the only 3 or 4 words which managed to escape from my throat and out of my mouth felt croaky. I felt an empty feeling in my stomach. My legs wanted to move but my knees remained motionless. It was at that moment i thought to myself, i can't battle this anxiety feeling any longer and managed to walk out the door never to return again ☹

one time in english class we were doing a debate and i was too scared to say anything even though i knew exactly what to say, it was so embarrassing and my parter was mad at me. i felt like crying the whole rest of the day. hopefully this helps

Before I present my heart beats really fast and after I’m done I start crying quietly and hope that nobody sees me but after that I feel way better

I can’t stop smiling while watching this video cus she’s SO right about me. 😅

I have a speech tomorrow infront of 120 people, and here are some tips that you can use to calm your nerves, and make you seem more confident! 1. Remeber that your speech will come to an end, and most of the audience will most likely not remember it, so don't worry that you are going to mess up, or that everyone is judging you. 2. If you fumble/mess-up/stutter, just keep talking or take a quick pause. The worst thing you can do in that situation is say, "oops" or "uhm". And remember, the audience does not care if you mess up. 3. If you are nervous before your speech, and it feels that you have butterflies in your stomach, make sure to take deep breaths. Also make sure that you are hydrated so your throat won't feel dry while speaking (which happens a lot) 4. To seem more confident, make sure that you have good posture, you are speaking loud, and instead of swaying side to side while speaking, make hand movements and walk around. 5. I know eye contact is hard, which is why i suggest you pick a small group of people and focus your gaze towards them and pretend that you are only speaking to them. It will make the amount of people in the audience seem smaller and less stress full. And if any of your friends are in the audience I suggest you look at them so you feel more comfortable. 6. Don't glue your eyes to your script. Look at your audience once in a while. (This will also make you seem more confident) 7. Make sure to PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE, before your speech. Trust me this will help you a lot. I also suggest to practice your speech infront of friends are family members! I really hope this helps, and have a wonderful day! 😊💗

Honestly once I became a senior I’m not scared of presenting anymore. For some reason though when I hear my teacher say “You will present this” I still get that horrible feeling in my stomach at first, but after a few minutes I’m fine again. I’m not lying to when I say I was scared of presenting. When I would go up I would be shaking a little, my voice would be shaky too, and I would be sweating so much. It sucked! Hopefully once you guys get older this all goes away because it makes life so much better.

I'm going into high school and I can't stand in front of people so this is helping me, and I've grown up with these people k-9th I'm nervous about high school but I hope everyone with social anxiety like me gets though it no matter if it's for school work or anything else. My mom told me to get "mad" at what I'm presenting on. When me or mom is mad we can just talk away no matter who's watching. But good luck to everyone

I’m actually so scared I will be doing my first presentation in college next week !! I literally can’t ! I’m so nervous I can’t even sleep I’m always thinking about it :(

I watched this video 30 min before my presentation, My presentation was tremendously improved from awkward to poor.

Glad to see 1.1 million people also struggle with nerves before speaking

Presentation in half an hour, mouth is dry, feeling nauseas...

this helped me thanks i appreciate videos like this, i feel that my nervousness is stopping me from doing alot of things ive come to a point where i seriously considered not continuing my education in uni :(

Personally, I think some reactions are quite peculiar to some people. For instance, my hand gets really cold when i get nervous and i sweat profusely. But my voice NEVER shakes. So what I do most times is that I try not to get too hydrated before my speech or performance because my body does a really bad job at regulating the water I take. So the first big step is to understand yourself and the things that contribute to your anxiety or nervousness. Maybe it's your hairstyle, or your clothes etc. Try as much as possible to make yourself free and comfortable so as to REDUCE it. And one other thing I do, is to put myself in that nervous position of people looking at me right before my performance.

What you have said isn't enough. I believe rehearsing is the cornerstone in any successful presentation. 2- you have to know your audience. 3- Prepare relentlessly. 4- leave no stone unturned in researching your subject. 5- families yourself with the tools,projector and the place. 5- take acting classes if you can. 6- take Dale Carnegie classes if you can. Finally remember this: you can't swim by reading how to swim only. Practice, Practice, and Practice. Even not enough!!! Perfect practice is what counts. Thank you.

Tomorrow i have a presentation

my teacher is making us present every other week

I had my first presentation at collage yesterday, it was SO bad. My voice was shaking like im about to cry (i actually cried after getting in my seat), my hands were insanely shaking and I couldnt breath normally. And i forgot what i was going to say. I hate how my classmates were looking at me. at least they were nice enough not to laugh in my face. The prof. was nice she tried to calm me down but i was feeling awful.

Am I the only one that gets super nervous when we present but when you’re done presenting you low key feel like presenting again and you don’t feel nervous anymore like what?

I have a presentation tomorrow! Can't calm down... 😰😣

I actually got here for a completely different reason. Tomorrow's the first day of class, I’m currently in my 8th grade, which means introductions (yay!) (God I hate them so much) and I was just trying to find a way to not be nervous and be confident and stand tall. Hopefully, this will help me tomorrow-wish me luck!

*What helps me is these comments relating*

Thanks for making this presentation so real. I am not the only one fighting with this nervousness but I need to learn to have mastery over it

Had a presentation at work the other day. I could feel my heart beating in my forehead. Total red face. Then as soon as I started talking, the shaking voice came out. Only made it worse bc I was thinking about how it looked rather than what I was speaking on. Probably the most embarrassing moment of my life

I AM FREAKING THE FUCK OUT LAST TIME I WAS STOPPED MID PRESENTATION,I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT CRYY TOMMORROW EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT IS MESSING MY INSIDES UP I FEEEL SICK MY HEART IS IN MY STOMACH .EVEN THOUGH I AM JUST SITTING ON MY BED LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO.

Had a class presentation... I was so ready to talk about mine(practised for 3-4 days) but when the time was near my hands were beginning to shake so i just blamed the cold and my heart started beating fast. I wasn't sure of myself if I could say it without stuttering. My time came, I went up, the words wouldn't come out my mouth, I tried my best and I could finish it though I didn't say some of the sentences. Now I just hate myself cause when I see others who just got a copy of other's presentation and they say it with ease, not perfect but still good, I just don't know what's wrong with me. I practiced before sleeping, in the morning, on my way to school, at school too but.... I guess I'm just a loser

You are brilliant. Pouring a glass of wine.. and the neutral standing position from imitating news anchors. Those two tips alone will get me through tonight. I can work with that. Thank you.

Just look at your friend or someone you like. It always makes me feel better.

i finished a presentation just now , thanks a lot !! i watched this as a joke but it actually really helped me a lot tysm 😭😭

In my school in Spain we have to do a debate and the entire school will be watching 500people!!!. Wish me luck

Got a présentation tomorrow, I think the advice I can give is that you should always think like you are explaining something to your friend in a coffee shop, helps me a bit

Everybody will definitely get nervous standing in the stage whether it's doing presentations or speeches. It's just a matter of how good you can fake it, that's the difference between inexperienced & experienced speakers. I always get nervous when I am about to speak in front of a large crowd but I don't show that anxiety, that fear instead I stand confident & begin my speech. I used to participate in lots of speaking competitions, english story telling & others when I was about 10 to 11. When I was 12, I gained courage & joined the public speaking competition, when I was on that stage waiting for my number to be called, I was scared & nervous. Then, they called my number. I stood up & walked towards the microphone, staring at the large audience, all their eyes on me (like about hundreds of students & teachers) & let me tell you, it was frightening but I was ready for this moment, before starting my speech, I told myself "You can do this, me! You are so ready! Gambate!" & so I won first place! Eye contact is definitely important & the way you act, don't tense up, it's bad image instead move freely! I participated in another public speaking competition now but it's a huge challenge cause its in a different language! But I know one thing for a fact, YOU CAN WIN WITH LOTS & LOTS OF PRACTICE! It's been too long since I stood on the stage, therefore I am going to watch videos to boost up my confidence, always striving forward, competition's next week, I WILL WIN, LET'S GOOOOOO

I Will present tomorrow for the Class for 5minutes wish me luck!

Just thinking about doing it is makes me feel sick and my heart race😂😂😟

I have two presentations this quarter! One in just a couple days and one on Monday! I have a test tomorrow, and I've been more focused on the few minutes I have to be in front of class than on studying for my test. Last quarter I had to take a few shots of whiskey just to get up there. When I'm waiting for my turn to go up there, my heart starts pounding so hard and there's nothing I can do to slow it down. I don't want to rely on alcohol, I really want to be able to do this sober and not be that nervous. I understand being a little nervous, but this is to the extreme! Everytime I think about it my heart beats faster and I get a gut wrenching feeling.

Thank you for this I have a class presentation next week and I'm really nervous but I will take your advice

I can understand most people struggle with speaking in front of the crowd. But why do i struggle even in virtual meetings that too with video turned off. I would start of nervously but end with some confidence:( Why can't i get the confidence at the beginning itself. Its embarrassing when your voice starts shaking and your mind stops thinking and even you don't understand the words coming out of your mouth. I want to overcome this and I will but the problem is I don't know when

I always get an stress attack or i get sick

Watching this during my school exams, tomorrow I have a book report and some of these comments really seem helpful

Bro, simply hearing the word ‘presentation’ always gives me a mini heart attack.

I did a presentation today, and you've explained very well how I felt during it.

i am about to do my presentation next week and i am so nervous right now i am shaking trying to know how to stop being nervous

I am relieved this is not just me. I get nervous so much that I don't do it and fail

This is fabulous! Thank you for posting 👍

Stay cool! Its easy, nothing going to happen, get excited and get into the presentation.

i autually have a singing concert ,so i just wanted to watch this

this is really helpful.Thx a lot, i have a presentation tomorrow and i am going to take these pieces of advice into consideration