How To Overcome Your Fears Of Nervousness, Performance Anxiety, And That Awful, Dreaded Stage Fright
Do you get the butterflies in your stomach, sweaty palms, a climbing heart rate, and a feeling of dread and anxiety before going onstage or stepping into your judges' interview? If so, CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE HUMAN!
But these days, our trusty fight-or-flight responses don't exactly help us in our hour of need. It's always when we need to be the most calm, cool, and collected that we get stage fright...ugh! It's the worst! I know.
Fortunately there is a tried-and-true method of overcoming stage fright and performance anxiety. It's by creating safe and numerous opportunities for yourself to repeatedly experience that feeling. Over and over and over again. It sounds like it sucks and it kind of does BUT IT WORKS. Like eating your vegetables, it's good for you.
Doing it in low-stakes setting like singing at a karaoke bar, making a speech at a birthday party, or assembling a mock pageant with family and friends as judges are all examples that let you embrace a similar feeling to whatever it is that makes you nervous when it's time to step into the spotlight.
This video centers around themes of repetition, breath, practice, and repeated exposure to train your body into letting go of pre-performance anxiety. The strategies and tips I share here will take the edge off of even the worst cases.
Quick navigation:
1:59 How to overcome stage fright
3:08 Tactical suggestions for how to practice (karaoke, Toastmasters)
3:42 The importance of putting in the work
4:24 The positive feedback loop that reduces your anxiety over time
4:43 Why you'll never fully get rid of ALL nervousness
5:20 Why you must practice like CRAZY
6:39 Shutting down negative thoughts
7:16 Nobody wants you to fail - in fact, audiences are supportive
7:38 Have some fun, geez!
8:09 Reinterpret your nervousness into excitement
8:38 Center your focus with this breathing technique
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You’re a winner in your own way! Your tips are very helpful. ❤️🙂
@CrystalClues
4 жыл бұрын
Aw thanks Angelie! We all are winners in some way, right? Appreciate your comment!
Amazing advice, good to know, I’m in the healthy stage of nerves 😊we always think we’re the only one feeling certain things.when in reality the person next to you is feeling the same 💃🏼
God bless you, am a Nigerian but your videos kept me going
I know the feeling..since elementary until college. I was a very shy type person and very quite. But I did joined pageant in elementary, highschool and college even though I didn't received any title. I wanted to face my fear and challenge myself. Even after I experienced a traumatic one in pageant. When I was in highschool, the speaker mistakenly announce my name as the winner, I was in front of the crowd. I felt like melting knowing I wasn't really the winner. I stopped going to school and my friends, classmate, teacher asking me to come back to school and letting me know what happened, that was nothing and I have nothing to be ashamed of. Then when I was college, I joined again but I didn't a get a Title because I don't really have enough confidence in me. I just didn't realize I wasn't smiling. That was the problem.
Thanks for the tips😍 i needed this...imagining the audience naked would crack me up on stage😂
Thank you crystal
Thanks for the tips..I'm so in love with your videos.. 💖
@CrystalClues
3 жыл бұрын
Ibuzo, bless you darling! Thank you 💕
Wonderful tips! Olympians can be seen wearing headphones prior to competition to calm their nerves and help their concentration. Just starting at small group settings like singing in a choir and with practice, practice, practice... soon you'll be able to sing solo!
@CrystalClues
4 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you Auntie Julunda- so good to see you on here! You're like the only person I know in real life commenting - haha. I appreciate that!
Thank you for the support. Just putting on a private show for our 28 anniversary. Going to do a RuPaul show for wife. Go pink!
Oh myy god... This was freekin helpful mam... Thanks a lot.. Love yu... ❤❤❤
@CrystalClues
2 жыл бұрын
You’re so welcome dear!
Thanku so much 💞💜
@CrystalClues
3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome Nomvula!
@blessingemmanuel5104
3 жыл бұрын
I really have stage fright, I'll go on by trying what you just said🤦♀️..thanks so much
Hi, I want to know what first beginners really need to know when they are about to start their modeling career?
Please help me, I'm joining a pageant for the first time
Wow
Please what should I do?I always experience this hand jerking while holding a microphone 🤦
😂😂😂 by doing it you will not die
I need to learn how to walk.. pls help
why do i feel like she's talking about me
@pythontortilla
Жыл бұрын
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Can I send my ramp walk video to your email and get the feed back coz I got low score . I gave my best but my best wasn't enough and I want to know where I went wrong
@CrystalClues
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Hannah! Sure thing. Actually, you could post a link to your video here and I’ll give you feedback in a comment. At least this way, other students and onlookers can watch and also learn from you and the feedback I give you. But only if you feel comfortable! 😃
@hannahqueen4381
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalClues I am pretty conscious to send it over here , I am comfortable sending over email and get a proper feedback .
I was afraid of other women. Seriously, I was afraid that some woman can rape me if I would trust her but now I know that it was stupid. Still I am afraid a bit that some woman can rape me but years ago I had terrible contact with women. Now I know many great women and I have so good contact with them, I have so many great female friends and I love to spend time with them. We are a group of great friends and me and my sister are the leaders and this is so cool. We even have the name. Princesses of Stars.
@CrystalClues
3 жыл бұрын
I think I’ve seen some of your other sister‘s comment on here before! Y’all are so positive! 🥰😍
@princessroxyvincenzo9880
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalClues You mean Princess Lightning Strike or Princess Crystal? Ok I admit we know each other but we are not sisters. They are my friends but my sister of course is the part of our group and we are both leaders but her name is Lara. She isn't on KZread now because she can't find time for it.
@princessroxyvincenzo9880
3 жыл бұрын
We like to do many things together and we like to help people.
@CrystalClues
3 жыл бұрын
Ooh! My mistake! Tell Lara I say hi 👋
@princessroxyvincenzo9880
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalClues Ok. I will tell.
Please help me, I'm joining a pageant for the first time