i have social anxiety and my biggest fear is reading out loud in front of people, my voice gets all shaky, face turns red and i literally have to stop reading after every few words bcs i run out of breath. Any tips how to help it without any anxiety medss?
>>34847797nicotine and box breathingjust get the smallest dose of a nicotine patch to wear for the day and no one will know. if you're in the US, they also will give you some for free at the quit smoking number or sell at a discountyou're in fight or flight mode when you're shallow breathing like that. box breathing is 4 seconds of breathing through your nose, 4 seconds holding, 4 seconds out of mouth, 4 seconds holding. it will help put you into a resting state. i read somewhere the effect of it is similar to some medicines. and with this i mean to practice it before speaking.it also helps me before public speaking if i've exorcised and talked to other people that day.
>>34847797A. If reading out loud makes you anxious don't read out loud lolB. If you HAVE to read out loud because you are under 15 or something then i think you should just work on your anxiety in general, and also maybe your speaking abilities. Try reading out loud by yourself and get used to it so when you talk in front of others you just think that you are still alone. Forget about others, all they do is bring you shame. Show them what you got and remember that EVERYONE commits mistakes, from which you should learn, not feel shame
