Comments on How to Overcome Stage Fright

This is helpful advice. Stage fright is difficult to overcome. 5*

Very helpful advice. Thanks a lot.

Another great article. Very well written and detailed. 5*

Thank you for this great advice!

Great tips for dealing with stage fright! 5*

I've always been intimidated when it comes to doing stage performances. Great advice. Thanks! 5*

Very thorough, excellent advice on overcoming stage fright!

Great advice on being calm in front of an audience and avoiding stage fright! I like how you said everyone wants you to do well, great reminder.

My 13 year old daughter is giving a youth talk in church tomorrow in front of about 250 people. It can certainly cause the same stage fright. Good article.

Great tips for dealing with stage fright. I think most of my audiences are more afraid of me...! :-)

Always having people in the audience I am familiar with has helped me and bring relief to me. Great article. Excellent tips.

Pay attnetion to the posting from e-friend on 11/22/05 saying "pretend you're not there". I think he/she meant to say "pretend they're not there". Every trained actor knows what is called the "fourth wall". That is the audience side of the stage. You can create that to be what you wnat it to be in your mind (be it an actual wall or what you need to envision relating to your performance to make it come alive for the audience) and eliminating the audience for your but not their appreciation of the results of your concentration. This shoulf pretty much work for any artistic perfomance but when you get to public speaking when you are relating directly to the audience, you need some other bolster. Never had a problem with acting on stage. Quite different speaking directly to a crowd.

Pay attnetion to the posting from e-friend on 11/22/05 saying "pretend you're not there". I think he/she meant to say "pretend they're not there". Every trained actor knows what is called the "fourth wall". That is the audience side of the stage. You can create that to be what you wnat it to be in your mind (be it an actual wall or what you need to envision relating to your performance to make it come alive for the audience) and eliminating the audience for your but not their appreciation of the results of your concentration. This shoulf pretty much work for any artistic perfomance but when you get to public speaking when you are relating directly to the audience, you need some other bolster. Never had a problem with acting on stage. Quite different speaking directly to a crowd.

It's the performance, not you they are watching. A tip I used when doing any kind of performance or speech is to remember that it is the performance or the information the audience is evaluating, not you. People tend to get nervous because they feel everything is all on them and not what they are presenting. Put the preasure where it needs to be and don't be too self-conscious.

It's the performance, not you they are watching. A tip I used when doing any kind of performance or speech is to remember that it is the performance or the information the audience is evaluating, not you. People tend to get nervous because they feel everything is all on them and not what they are presenting. Put the preasure where it needs to be and don't be too self-conscious.

Another powerful tool to use for stage fright is Emotional Freedom Technique or better known as EFT. Also, some people prepare/perform differently depending on their personality: 1. Creative, feeling, and artistic types need to tap into their intuition and feelings to perform well. 2. Routine, organized, and structured people need to make sure they have all the details...and double check them to ward off stage fright. Also, don't change things at the last minute. 3. Logical, analytical and big picture types need to have in their mind the conceptual framework of their performance. If they are not congruent with their performance, then they may choose not to perform. 4. The natural performers, energetic, bold and courageous will need to practice their art to perfection so they will earn the biggest accolades. They can fake it till they make it if extroverted...introverted-not!

Another powerful tool to use for stage fright is Emotional Freedom Technique or better known as EFT. Also, some people prepare/perform differently depending on their personality: 1. Creative, feeling, and artistic types need to tap into their intuition and feelings to perform well. 2. Routine, organized, and structured people need to make sure they have all the details...and double check them to ward off stage fright. Also, don't change things at the last minute. 3. Logical, analytical and big picture types need to have in their mind the conceptual framework of their performance. If they are not congruent with their performance, then they may choose not to perform. 4. The natural performers, energetic, bold and courageous will need to practice their art to perfection so they will earn the biggest accolades. They can fake it till they make it if extroverted...introverted-not!

I'm a singer and I don't have stage fright as I'm taking the approach "let me show you what I got, chicks" :) But there's a different problem, during the solo I don't know what to do. I can't dance at all, so, what to do? Just stand there and pray it will be over soon? I have two things so far in my repertoire. The first one is going to drink a few sips of beer, which is conveniently placed 3 meters from me (gives me time to walk there and back). The other thing I do is let the guitars come forward while I'm at the back next to the drummer, hitting the chimes with my fist a few times (Bruce Dickinson style). So that's it.