Research Paper On Stage Fear
Have you ever been so scared to do something it affected your life? I have, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was only in the fourth grade when I found out I had stage fright, ever since then I have always been determined to overcome my fear but I never succeeded. If I could change something about myself it would be my stage fright. I was in fourth grade and I was asked by my best friends Sedina and Joshua to sing in the talent show with them, and I was too nice to say no. Joshua and Sedina had no idea what song they wanted to do so they let me choose, I decided to choose Someone Like You by Adele. The problem was they wanted me to sing basically the whole song while they sing the chorus and before the talent show I was fine with that.
At the talent show in the gymnasium, we were backstage and it was our turn to go, and once the curtain opened my heart beat escalated quickly. I looked out into the crowd and so many people were there, the students, strangers, and even my parents were there. I then walked to the microphone, and since there were just two microphones Joshua and Sedina decided to share one microphone. When I stood behind my microphone, I could feel everyone’s eyes on me, even Sedina and Joshua’s eyes. I could feel my heart beating, my stomach having constant butterflies, and my legs shaking like crazy. When I started to sing, I could hear murmurs, gasps, and I could see people’s eyes opening wide. That was when I finally found my talent which is singing, but that is also when I found out I had stage fright. The only way for me not to mess up was to look at the wall, I stared at the wall while I sang my heart out. After I got off the stage I felt like I was gonna throw up, but it never came out, my friends ran to me and cheering and a couple of people were even surprised. While people talked to me my voice was still shaky and my hands were still shaky. To this day in 8th grade, I still have stage fright, and even writing this story my hands are shaky. I still sing in front of people with my friends, but I still don’t overcome my stage fright sadly, but the one thing I wish I could change about myself, is my stage fright because maybe, just maybe I could sing for more people.
At the talent show in the gymnasium, we were backstage and it was our turn to go, and once the curtain opened my heart beat escalated quickly. I looked out into the crowd and so many people were there, the students, strangers, and even my parents were there. I then walked to the microphone, and since there were just two microphones Joshua and Sedina decided to share one microphone. When I stood behind my microphone, I could feel everyone’s eyes on me, even Sedina and Joshua’s eyes. I could feel my heart beating, my stomach having constant butterflies, and my legs shaking like crazy. When I started to sing, I could hear murmurs, gasps, and I could see people’s eyes opening wide. That was when I finally found my talent which is singing, but that is also when I found out I had stage fright. The only way for me not to mess up was to look at the wall, I stared at the wall while I sang my heart out. After I got off the stage I felt like I was gonna throw up, but it never came out, my friends ran to me and cheering and a couple of people were even surprised. While people talked to me my voice was still shaky and my hands were still shaky. To this day in 8th grade, I still have stage fright, and even writing this story my hands are shaky. I still sing in front of people with my friends, but I still don’t overcome my stage fright sadly, but the one thing I wish I could change about myself, is my stage fright because maybe, just maybe I could sing for more people.