Fear of public speaking can be helped

Did you know (and I didn’t until I started writing this post) that the fear of speaking in public is known as glossophobia? The word glossophobia in fact comes from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. Makes sense doesn’t it. And of course many people have this fear. (The […]

Did you know (and I didn’t until I started writing this post) that the fear of speaking in public is known as glossophobia? The word glossophobia in fact comes from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. Makes sense doesn’t it.

And of course many people have this fear. (The stats suggest 3 out of every four people

 

The physical symptoms (dry mouth, pounding heart, nausea, sweating) result from an adrenal fuelled ‘fight or flight’ reaction.

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