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Conquer Public Speaking Fear Using the Self
Therapy Technique
The
following is an excerpt from the Self Therapy for Anxiety audio
program:
There
was a time when I was quite literally petrified of speaking in front
of groups. I say "petrified" because when I would talk
in front of people, the fear would be so bad that a lump in my throat
would phyisically prevent me from speaking. I would blush like a
tomato and mentally freeze so that I couldn't even think of what
I had to say. This reaction alone of course made the whole experience
a hundred times worse. It's said that for some people the fear of
public speaking is stronger than the fear of death. And at times
like that, I would definitely agree. After learning Self Therapy,
I started to apply the technique to my fear of public speaking.
I began preparing for such situations well in advance by performing
the [explained in program] variation of Self Therapy, imagining
myself in the future situation and doing Self Therapy with the energies
that arose.
As the time to speak approached, even minutes before the event,
I would continue listening to my energies as I got ready. Finally,
even while speaking, I would have my mental awareness on the energies
welling up inside me. Whereas previously I would have tried to suppress
those energies while speaking, which usually resulted in total disaster,
I could now let all those reactions flow into and through me, like
a river, without fear. What would have previously become bottled
up energy overload was now a completely manageable reaction. Ironically,
as I became more confident in my ability to handle any reaction,
the fear that was causing the reaction in the first place disappeared.
I now have very little fear of speaking in front of groups, and
the fear that I do get is beneficial for transforming into constructive
energy, or for just keeping me on my toes.
You may wonder, "Isn't it difficult to concentrate awareness inwardly
when involved in an activity like speaking?" While this type of
multitasking is not as focused as performing Self Therapy alone,
you will find that after practicing the Self Therapy technique for
awhile in this manner, maintaining an inner awareness while outwardly
interacting is very possible, and extremely rewarding.
The example of public speaking that I just covered illustrates an
application of Self Therapy to a future event. Once you become more
accustomed to these techniques, you may want to apply them to situations
as they occur, or soon after they occur.
The above
material is an excerpt from the Self Therapy for
Anxiey program
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"I
gained confidence in public speaking, I just observed myself
that whenever I give presentation even by just reading publicly
I felt the rush, fear, tachycardia and shaking of my voice
and now I applied your Self Therapy of acknowledging the energy
within. My symptoms subside slowly."
"I've
listened to the downloads, and surprisingly I've found them
quite useful. For me personally public speaking tends to raise
my anxiety levels but I'm finding that i have a tool now to
try and deal with the feeling."
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