How to overcome stage fright without stepping on stage

Stage fright is one of those obstacles that can be many people experience when speaking in public.

It is also a old acquaintance in the world of culture and the artsand more specifically in the world of music.

Any emotion that manifests itself in our bodyalways has a function.

It is exactly the same with fear.

But when that emotion blocks you and you irrationally cultivate it to the point where it disturbs your daily life, then you have to look for a solution.

From the world of coachingIt is a fear that can be tackled from a creative approach and learning-centred.

It is important for you to know that coaching is not an accompanying discipline which in no way replaces psychology.

A professional coach will refer you to a psychologist if he/she considers that this is the specialist who can best help you.

But a good professional coach can also accompany you to discover the patterns that surround stage fright to develop the necessary positive strategies to help you overcome it.

Causes of stage fright

Stage fright is an extreme form of stage fright. interpreting reality from the vulnerability as a negative quality.

Without taking into account that reality is a your interpretation and that you have a lot in your hand to look for other ways to live it.

When you let, for example, a negative experience you in the past is still influencing you in the present, you are giving a unnecessary space to that stage fright.

After all, fear is not, as no emotion is, positive or negative.

It is simply a signal from our emotional system who wants to tell you something.

If you repress that fear, you're not really processing it and you're not really letting it give you a valuable information about you and the situation.

Also the type of thoughts that are associated to stage fright, are often recurrent and therefore learned as a response to that particular situation.

A vicious circle that the coaching can help you break looking ahead.

And this is the fundamental difference with psychology.

A coach will accompanying us to understand this mechanism and once the benefits and costs of that fear have been found, to create new strategies for the future.

Creating a virtuous circle based on your commitment and in the steps you will take forward.

Because stage fright actually is fuelled by a misinterpreted vulnerability and of giving too much importance of trialsand the real or not, of others.

Another very common cause often has its roots in the exaggerated perfectionism.

Ending drowning in a sea of demands unrealistic fear that triggers this fear as a protection against having to go through this threatening situation.

Immersing yourself at times in a profound impostor syndrome that will make you sink into stage fright every time, like a burden.

Tips for overcoming stage fright

The first thing is that you learn to take a step back with your thoughts and emotions.

Something that for example can helping you to do this is mindfulness.

But remember that taking distance does not mean eliminate your thoughts or emotions.

Simply detach yourself from them.

Another way to overcome this fear is for you to know that you can contextualise situations.

Going on stage is generally not an act of life-threatening.

Not even with a full house.

Although you play too much at stakeYou always win when you go out on that stage.

And even if it doesn't go the way you expected, if you try to learning from experiencestage fright will disappear.

There is no doubt that each case is different.

That is why a good professional coach will accompany you to find the best solution for you.

What are you waiting for to overcome your stage fright?