How is performing in front of an audience like a drug?

[Anonymous]

I did it and it did something to me. I need more of it.

[GoldenAxer]

I love it. Oddly, even when I was a bit shy as a teenager, I liked performing on stage (theater, music, public speaking). I got some jitters like a sort of anxiety/thrill/adrenaline rush but a type that I always found addictive. It's a similar feeling to me when I drop in on a vert ramp with a skateboard or ride a rollercoaster. I think I'm addicted to the adrenaline rush.

[GoldenAxer]

I personally like it even when I get booed off the stage. I've performed deliberately bad Karaoke before in front of large crowds, like trying to sing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love you" in a girl's voice only to enjoy all the booing from the customers.

[GoldenAxer]

Also got a date out of it after I got booed off the stage when a girl approached me and said, "You're absolutely fearless!" She seemed to like it (maybe not my singing but just how I didn't care about being booed). :-D

[NathanDavis]

oh yeah... serotonin flooding your brain, naturally, I believe...

[Wise4myage]

You've found something that really appeals to you, and it comes natural to you.

[drummerdude25]

It really kind of is… it’s a wild feeling.

[bigpauly]

I think it will release dopamine if it goes well