Phobia

Most people have issues with their phobias such as being of spiders, afraid of darkness, afraid of open high places, afraid of enclosed spaces, or the number one phobia, which is public speaking. It was unthinkable for me to see myself speaking in public; and I suffered tremendous agony for that. I was able to recognize my phobia, since elementary, when I felt anxious and nervous speaking in front of my class. At the beginning, I accepted it as my behavior or as something that I could not change. For that reason, I didn’t fight hard to get rid of it. Instead, I was trying to hide myself from speaking in public or avoid enrolling in certain classes because of course demands for oral participations. When I stand and started speaking in public, the first thing that comes to my mind was, If I make a mistake or I fail, I will be rejected. Such fear prevented me from speaking in public comfortably. After going halfway through high school, I understood that I had to do something to get rid of it. I went over the internet and made a research on how to overcome fear of public speaking. I found a couple of tips that could help me. One of the tips that I found was, talking in front of a mirror with yourself, I tried it and it worked out for me. I talked in front of a mirror in my room for at least five minutes a day. Gradually, I won in overcoming it and now quite enjoy speaking in front of people. In elementary school, there are always presentations that the students must participate in, sometimes even for a grade. My first experience with public speaking is in having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with my class. When it was my turn, I was gripped in fear and felt myself starting to feel sick as though I was going to throw up. I had to walk to the front of the class room and I just stared into the audience, the line was forgotten. All the students were staring at me. I felt sweat running through all over my face, overwhelming feelings of terror and panic. When