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How your nervous system is sabotaging your speaking

How your nervous system is sabotaging your speakingBy: Dante St James Published on: 17/06/2025

Your brain perceives that microphone as a charging predator. Glossophobia—an estimated 75 per cent of us fear public speaking—doesn’t originate from thoughts of audience judgement but from an ancient fight-or-flight reflex misreading a simple stage as a life-or-death scenario.

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How your nervous system is sabotaging your speaking

You're not afraid of public speaking at all

You're not afraid of public speaking at allBy: Dante St James Published on: 12/05/2025

It's not irrational. It’s deeply human. That tight-chested, nerve-tingling sensation isn't a fear of words. It’s a fear of exposure.

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You're not afraid of public speaking at all

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