Public speaking can be a terrifying experience. We asked those in the know how to fight the fear of taking part... My first experience of public speaking? I said 'good afternoon, we’d like to ...

We asked those in the know how to fight the fear of taking part... My first experience of public speaking? I said 'good afternoon, we’d like to give you a well warm-come'... I decided comedy was ...

If you dread public speaking, Tanya Livesey has some advice If you’ve ever been caught in the crosshairs of fully-fledged stage-fright it’s no laughing matter. It’s the very definition of ‘freeze’ ...

A phobia is an excessive, persistent, and irrational fear of something ... clowns, public speaking, or other potential causes of a phobia. Symptoms can range from mildly inconvenient (like ...

"To be defined as a phobia, the fear must cause some level ... Then there are social phobias, which include the fear of public speaking, the fear of test taking, or the fear of people, in general.

Stage fright can be devastating both professionally and personally, but it’s not considered a full-blown phobia. However, an extreme fear of public speaking is a phobia called glossophobia.

“They are caving on everything so they can live to fight another day.” Fear of speaking out is heightened, the former official said, because Trump has effectively removed many of the ...