Yeah, welcome to the world of anxiety, any serious problems, questions, statements, situations, its like a hand clenching down on my lungs barely allowing me to breathe let alone talk, and if I can squeeze the words out its always followed by crying because it physically hurt to say the words aloud, and the whole time and for a couple of hours afterwards there will be a heavy lump of dread on my chest. Small anxiety attacks caused by stress.
I’m the same way it feels like I have a ball in my throat and can’t speak…recently I try to carry something when giving a speech like a pen or paper and when I hold tight to it I can speak easily. Maybe try that
I have to rely on speaking on social media or anything on a device because it's hard to speak to someone face-to-face like a woman without having your anxiety choking you. Everytime I try to approach a woman for the first time my heart beats extremely fast like it's trying to jump out of my chest and run away and I end up saying something stupid causing the woman to walk away or look at me like I'm crazy.
So far, only once. I've spent 26 years on stage with my band and NEVER had an issue with that before but, the time I tried out for a DJ at a strip club was the first and ONLY time I ever got mic freight! Had it not been for that lousy audition, I might still have the job, today.
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no, were you traumatized as a child... like you saw fear and associated it with speaking? put down by others? explore treatment in early life where you didn't have power, that's likely the cause and the way out of the trap.
Yep it caused me a lot of failed attempts to ask women out. I usually get blood shot red, my heart racing a mile a second, andy voice breaks up. Uuuuugh I hate it so much. I never have an issue with talking to guys. I can come off almost like a man's man. But as soon as an attractive girl walks into the room all that masculine bravado goes right down the drain and I become a wuss. Only way I can approach a woman is with liquid courage
you just need to talk more to people irl. this happens to me when i spend a long time without leaving my house.
No, it’s the opposite. I say more than what I should and initiate problems.
I used to have this problem when I was young so I took classes in college like class voice, basic acting, anything where I had to get up in front of people and use my voice. It improved my speaking skills tremendously!
I feel like that sometimes, especially when trying to speak to someone I want to impress or give a good impression to. I pretty much always feel like that when faced with public speaking (even the thought of it makes me physically choke)
I voted yes, but it only happened to me once. I was so embarrassed.
I’m not a doctor but it happens with me when I’m experiencing strong negative emotions trying to defend something that I have strong positive emotions about or if I feel like I can’t do anything right and someone is pointing it out
Yes, especially when I'm on the telephone. My throat tightens up to the point where I can hardly get the words out.
Yes. More so, I have trouble bringing myself to actually speak. It’s like I’ll want to say something but I can’t quite bring myself to say it. It’s crippling sometimes!
Sounds like the start of an anxiety attack. I get them fairly frequently
Sometimes. I've overcome a lot of it over the years.
Sort of. Mainly with yelling
All. The. Time.
No I don’t
No i do. not
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