There’s a huge mountain of information available on the internet about how you can overcome a fear of public speaking and if you do a search for Google on some of the most popular public speaking related topics you are likely to discover millions of results.
While this may seem like a massive amount of information to help you to overcome your fears it’s probably fair to say that if you are one of those people who suffers from a fear of public speaking you probably don’t believe there is nearly enough information out there to help you.
The reality is however that in many cases this fear of public speaking is actually self-inflicted, after all when you consider that the audience is actually there to hear what it is you have to say it’s not them that are causing you to be afraid to go out there and speak, it’s actually you.
You are the one that gets uptight and worried about standing up in front of the audience to share what you have to say, it’s you that puts the pressure on yourself and worries what people will think (the reality is they are probably thinking “thank god it’s not me up there!”) and it’s you that isn’t able to take a deep breath and calm down before standing up to speak.