Anyone ever get stage fright!

oh yeh. man i get so freakin nervous. and its even harder when your lil sister is there making stupid faces.... its hard to play the flute and laugh at the same time.
 
Stage fright... I have more than that. It's called performance anxiety disorder.

Which is weird, because I've been playing flute in recitals and concerts for the past 11 years or so. I also danced a lot on stage as a kid. But it just seems to get worse and worse as I get older. Once, at a contest, I was shaking so hard I almost dropped my flute before I even started playing. By the end of whatever I'm playing, I'm shaking so much you can actually see it. This year, I've gotten really bad about public speaking too... even if it's just in front of a class.

The only thing I don't get nervous about is horse showing... I'll be in the ring alone, going over a course, and I'll be fine. Afterwards, I get nervous though. But I don't know... something about being on a horse just calms me down. Plus, it's really bad to be on a horse when you're nervous... :lol:
 
I do when I sing sometimes but I don't at all when I am in a drama. I only get nervous when I'm playing my guitar and singing by myself in front of people.

But I want to make it a career so I better get over it lol. It will be eay though. I don't get that nervous anymore.
 
i dont have stage fright in the way you put it.. im fine once i get on them.. but im terrified of them. like if i see a stage i freak out.. but im fine once i get on them..
 
before plays i get nervous out of my mind. my hands sweat (actually they don't anymore cuz i had an operation but that's not the point) i get all clammy. but once the action starts i am absolutely fine! it is different when it's public speaking. i've never had to do any huge speech before so i don't know what that would be like, but little speeches i am fine with. they just don't seem like a big deal to me. but with being in front of people as myself and not a character, i always put at least one hand in my pocket. even if i'm just in front of the class because we are writing on the board for a game i put one hand in my pocket. it's just a comfort thing with me.

m-c
 
My "stage fright" is so out of hand that I usually get clammy hands just raising my hand in class! :lol: And talking in class... :rolleyes: I do it, but i get all jittery. I like classes that are based on discussion... no raising hands. Usually I'm less nervous with that.

I laugh at myself because I get so inordinately nervous before everything, but really... I have to wonder what causes all of it.
 
my hands get clammy when i have to talk in front of a teacher i dont like, or that i'm sort of "scared" of.
sometimes i wish teachers didn't really have controll of the students so much. I mean, on several occasions my religion teacher told me to shut up whilst i was voicing my oppinion, and i wanted to put him in his place, but i got scared and started crying instead. i let him have me. i wish teachers didn't place that feeling upon students.

other than that, i'm not affraid of the stage at all. i love performing, and auditions actually give me an adrenalline rush instead of making me so freaked out. i just can't seem to face my drama teacher :blink: she's so scary though!!! oh well, at least i dont really have to talk to her unless she's giving notes!!
 
when its for a play or musical or singing, where I am going to be playing a character, or singing then no. Im fine and excited. when i was leads, it was just anxiousness and wanting to get out there. but before i go onstage for either playing my flute or dancing(by itself not dancing in a musical), im soooo nervous. Before i dance i freak my self out, i love to dance but im more confident when i sing or act. Before i go onstage for dancing, i just trick myself into thinking im just singing and acting and sing some of my fav musicals and pretend im going onstage to preform those. it works really well.

but on the flute. Different story! i shake soooo much! sounds like you leah! but i can never stop it! i just get soo nervous. and when im speaking as myself. I feel soo little because im me. they are judging me not my character.
 
Ahh, I do a little !!!
In fact I have a play to perform tomorrow called "Cinderella Takes Time". I'm a little nervous because we literally only had 2 days to memorize our lines with my drama camp! I have to go practice!
:cool: *m*
 
i'm a werid kinda person. i'm usually kinda shy around people i don't know but when i'm on stage performing (in front on people i don't) i don't even realise. i just love the buzz you get from performing on stage with other actors
 
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