Anxiety & panic attack faiting and presenting

**Posts:** 1 · by **Melissaanna17** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:16 pm

Last year I was giving a presentation and half way through it I started getting numb & blacked out...i fainted infront of my entire class. I have had other fainting episodes. Each could be linked to a mild/high fever. My presentation was early in the morning & granted I was nervous & did not eat anything. I got to EkG's done & went to the cardiologists...they found out I have low blood pressure. Since that day I was so nervous about bring my fainting up..and when my health teacher brought up how some feel like they're going to pass out while presenting I got that numbness feeling while sitting down! I got through 4 big presentations since that episode. But then I was presenting in my gov class & got that numbness feeling. i stopped presenting & sat down to let it pass & continued my presentation a few minutes later sitting down. The same thing happened during another presenatation 2 weeks later. I am not on any medications. I drink gatorade to help increase my blood pressure. I think I may be having mini panic attacks but I am not sure. I feel so embarrased and worried people are saying how I can't present. I am going to a psychlogist next week. I am praying that I get put on anti anxiety medication becuase i can't carry on like this.

**Posts:** 16 · by **narcissismcured** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:46 am

Remember where the source of your voice is--it's not in your mouth! Air is pushed out from your abdomen, not from your throat . Before speaking--and while speaking, take deep breaths that result from diaphragm movement, not movement of the upper chest.

* It's a physical thing. The muscles between the ribs contract when you take a breath, and the ribs swing up and out. The diaphragm contracts, then descends and flattens, causing a slight displacement of abdominal organs and an expansion of the upper end of the abdomen. The size of the chest cavity increases and air rushes in to fill the vacuum. When you exhale, muscles relax and return to the resting position and air is forced out of the lungs.
* You can do an exercise. Feel where the air is coming from. Stand up, put your hand on your abdomen; let air in, let air out. Count to 5, then 10, on a breath. Feel it? It's relaxing.
* Speaking posture: Stand in a comfortable position, not rigidly straight, not slumped over.

**Posts:** 4 · by **mduncanmoore** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:50 pm

My Freshman year of college I had something like this happen to me to a lesser degree in my public speaking class...

Now I am a Communication Major, and am excellent at public speaking!

People are not judging you because of passing out and do not think anything bad about you for it. Most people are nervous when the speak publicly and we all know that some people handle it differently. You're not the first or last person has or will happen to.

I honestly prayed before every speech and that's what gave me the confidence I needed. I also ate a GREAT breakfast and drank plenty of water.
By the end of the year people were telling me how great I was and now three years later I still get compliments on the speeches I gave that year.

You CAN do it... Best of luck!

**Posts:** 13 · by **Jonathan Haye** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:04 am

Blackouts never happened to me, but generally I find nervousness kind of fades away as you move on. The hardest part is the first 2-3 minutes.

**Posts:** 4 · by **andyphil** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:10 pm

I'm not very good on public speaking but I'm not very bad too.
Before my presentations or any public speaking I always think of the positive outcome. Practicing to think of the right way to do it and the right approach to do. Just trying to fed myself with all positive result on myself but not thinking on the audience reaction.
I think that's the best practice I do to myself. I t

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