Why is public speaking so hard?
Public speaking can be scary. In fact, it is a dreaded experience for more people than you might think. In the year 2000 a Gallup Poll found that forty percent of people have a serious fear of public speaking. This number tops the reported fear of snakes! But, why is public speaking so scary? It may be that you’ve been looking for help in the wrong places. Hypnosis for public speaking anxiety could help you to become a public speaker, and you’re about to learn why!
Perhaps you’ve been told to just look over the audience’s heads. Or, better yet, to imagine they’re all in their underwear. Following this advice will likely make you feel more awkward and distracted than you did when you walked on the stage to begin with.
Well-intended friends and colleagues often prescribe remedies which are seldom helpful. Couldn’t public speaking courses solve the problem? While public speaking classes can certainly help you prepare for your big moment, you may find that you simply blank on all you’ve learned when it’s time to get into the hot seat. Some people opt to hire a public speaking coach or attend public speaking workshops only to feel frustrated when they still struggle.
The fear of public speaking is rooted in a survival-based system of the mind based on learned response to stressful situations. The truth is that the real fear is not the crowd or the stage. What people are really afraid of is how they are perceived. More simply stated, people want to be liked! In front of other people we are naturally programmed to feel vulnerable. This ignites the self-protective instinct inside of all of us which says to stay and fight or flee the scene. The cues coming from your mind are manifest as negative thinking about yourself and situation on a subconscious level. This in turn sends a message to your brain that speaking in front of crowds dangerous to you should be avoided at all costs. Did you ever feel those butterflies in your stomach or the blurring of words in your head right before you speak? As humans, we are hard-wired for survival. “What if” questions flood the mind and cause that adrenaline to flow. The quick breathing starts, the mind blanks, and before you know it, you’re sweating in the spotlight without a single word to say! At the core of this fear is a poor sense of self-worth and value as a public speaker. The expectations of the speaker are failure before he or she even steps up to the plate. So, when our brains tell us something is dangerous or should be avoided, our feelings and nerves follow suit. Your mind and body are trying to help you avoid primal danger, but it could hinder your professional life! It takes time and repeated experience to program this reaction in your mind.
The hardest part is that the negative thinking pattern only grows with time. However, with the help of hypnosis for public speaking, you can reverse the process. Hypnosis will help to retrain the mind’s register of what is a threat, and what is not. With the help of our trained professionals at NoVA Hypnosis, you’ll overcome your fear. You may even discover that you’re actually a gifted speaker!
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Hypnosis is the ideal solution for public speaking woes. Here’s why.
In hypnosis for public speaking you’ll learn the root source of your anxiety. Hypnosis to overcome the fear of public speaking is being discovered by more to be an effective tool in addressing their public speaking anxiety.
It’s important to remember that hypnosis for fear of public speaking is a transformational process which takes time. Your brain took time and practice to develop a fear of public speaking. In the same way, your mind will need lots of practice in order to relearn its thinking patterns. So, what makes hypnosis the best tool for you? Interestingly, the techniques of hypnosis are a perfect match for the inner struggle of public speaking fears.
Hypnosis uses verbal repetition and visualization techniques to address learned fears and to break them down. This use of mental flexing and simple practice means that hypnosis is a perfect fit for facing performance-based fears.
A guided professional from NoVA Hypnosis will help to guide you in your journey towards becoming a calm, cool, collected public speaker by changing your expectations and perception of what is a rational fear, and what is not. In the case of public speaking, a person’s sensory response to a public speaking scenario is to clam up, and release stress hormones. The entire experience is subsequently filed away as a dangerous situation which requires a fight or flight response.
During a hypnosis session your mind experiences a beautiful combination of relaxation and focus. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot be forcibly hypnotized by another person. Another common myth is that you will be unconscious and will have no memory of what happened during your session. This state of mind allows you to re-construct those negative subconscious messages. Hypnosis helps to rewire your mind’s processing of memories and learned beliefs which have you in knots at the thought of speaking to a crowd. While in a state of hypnosis you will learn and begin to use techniques to calm your thoughts and change your system’s response to the trigger of being on stage.
The time to explore hypnosis to overcome fear of public speaking is now. If you’re wondering how to be a public speaker with charisma, hypnosis for public speaking could be the help you’ve been looking for. The experts at NoVA Hypnosis are ready and waiting to help you today!