How can I get over anxiety attacks so I can give a presentation next week?
22 April 2010
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Jessica G asked:
I have severe anxiety and I’ve been having anxiety attacks for months. I can’t take prescription pills because I’m an air traffic controller and I’ve been trying herbs (valerian, ignatia, passion flower) but nothing seems to work. And I ALWAYS have anxiety attacks when I have to speak to a group and next week and have to give a short presentation to everyone in my work and I’m petrified of having an anxiety attack. Please help me.
I have severe anxiety and I’ve been having anxiety attacks for months. I can’t take prescription pills because I’m an air traffic controller and I’ve been trying herbs (valerian, ignatia, passion flower) but nothing seems to work. And I ALWAYS have anxiety attacks when I have to speak to a group and next week and have to give a short presentation to everyone in my work and I’m petrified of having an anxiety attack. Please help me.
In the long term, consider joining a Toastmasters group. They’ll help you with speaking in front of groups of people.
When you give a speech, don’t see it as a group of people. You’re just talking to one person at a time. Try and maintain eye contact with just one person for 3-4 seconds then move to the next person, that way you’re just concentrating on one person.
Meet as many people who you’ll be speaking to before you give your presentation. That way you’ll be talking to people you know, rather than a nameless face.
Finally, before you speak, take a deep breath. As we say in Toastmasters, everyone gets butterflies before they speak, it’s just a matter of getting them to fly in formation.
Good luck with your presentation.
try smoking sum weed,, i know wat ur gunna say….
but its harmless and it really helps u,, and so does alchahol…
If you wear glasses take them off and you won’t see anybody (My friends experience). Me I really don’t like giving presentations but, before i do sometimes i listen to my favorite music to get me going. Take a really deep breath and show them what your made of ! You know what! Eat alot of sweets that will probably help Get you going. And by the way that medication is probably what’s causing your anxiety more. You know their is always a side affect
In my research for understanding natural treatments for anxiety, anxiety attacks and panic attacks, one of the major underpinnings for self understanding and gaining control of the anxiety response is that, a lot of it has to do with “the fear of the fear” and “fear of losing control”. bottom line is that he worst fear a person has is the fear of getting another anxiety or panic attack and that triggers the body flight or fight response and what you end up with is this”loop” of behavior. understanding this and accepting this is the first step in getting control back. the panicaway program may be something that you would find useful.
just laugh at whatever the task is..
thats wud be the first step.. just have a laugh..
step back fromt he issue.. and see it as a minor thing u just have to do…
make a date with a friend.. or plan something right after.. so u have something to look forward to..
the main thing here is…
no matter what u do.. u will feel anxiety leading up to the event of speaking right?
well its just like walking in late to class..
u know ur late.. ur heart is racing.. u have to get there.. but everyone will be sitting down..
the best thing to do in both these situations.. is to just forget about it..
i mean.. having anxiety and going crazy over it.. or not going crazy isnt going to make things better.
the outcome of what u have to do.. will be there anyway… so instead of having anxiety..
just have neutrality.. brush it off..
dont think about it. forget it.. what will happen will happen. one way or the other..
its the pre-thought that fucks everybody up. so the best thing to do is act like u dont care.
and it will work out trust me.
Anxiety which you are suffering with, is called Social Anxiety.
As you experienced, using medication will not help to overcome anxiety attacks. You need to find a root cause for the anxiety and address it to end it completely.
Following steps will help you to reduce anxiety…
1.Learn and Practice to replace the question ‘What if I fail?’ with ‘So what!’
2.Do what you are afraid to do! And Do them again and again!
These steps will help you bring confidence in yourself to face the situations that makes you afraid.
To learn more about Anxiety and Panic Attacks and Effective and Proven Techniques to Cure Anxiety and Panic Attacks visit
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