My First Speech and How to Reduce Anxiety
My first speech happened at a fair. While I was an expert in presentation, I couldn’t breathe in a normal way immediately as I stepped into the podium and wanted to start speaking. As I was bigheaded and had experiences in arts, I never thought I couldn’t speak up easily. There were three reasons behind the problem I faced that day: The nature of the presentation was accompanied with anxiety and controversy.
The lighting in the salon resembled a theatre, everywhere was dark except the podium and I practically couldn’t see anybody to make eye contact and receive feedback. And the third reason was that I started without any introduction and greeting, and I was a shy person, as well. The following actions are other items you can consider to reduce your stress and anxiety: Don’t go back no matter what you miss because you haven’t missed the conclusion and you have the chance.
Dehydration sometimes brings anxiety. Bring a bottle of water with you. Take a deep breath inside and then, start. If you found the situation complicated, change the mood. It is better to have plans about changing the mood somehow if a critical situation occurred. To change the mood, sound effects are used. An example would be a special computer sound effect.
This is wrong. Try and apply a meaningful tool to change the mood so by seeing a certain image or a page, the audience realizes you have gone after the next subject.