Is anyone else here deathly afraid of public speaking? I have to give a speech tomorrow in class, and I'm so nervous already. I didn't prepare well at all because I tried to push it out of my head for so long. I have to do at least one speech every semester so you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but I'm not. Everytime I go up there I shake and I sweat and I stumble over words and can't make eye contact! I'm a shy person to begin with so I hate everyone staring at me! Anyone have any tips on how to calm down? This time I just made little notes and topic headings on my cue cards so I speak from my mind instead of reading, and hopefully I'll make more eye contact that way. Ahh I'm so scared!
