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Stage fright or performance anxiety refers to an anxiety, fear or persistent phobia related to performance in front of an audience or camera. This form of anxiety can precede or accompany participation in any activity involving public self-presentation. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The term stage fright refers to an anxiety of a performing artist, a fear of doing a performance. ... Anxiety is a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components (Seligman, Walker & Rosenhan, 2001). ... For other uses, see Fear (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Phobia (disambiguation). ... Buskers perform in San Francisco A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience). ... For other uses, see Audience (disambiguation). ... This article is about the photographing device. ...

Explanation

Often the term "stage fright" or topophobia is conflated with glossophobia, a fear of speaking in public. Jugglers and mimes are the simplest examples of the difference in notions. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Juggling can refer to all forms of artful or skillful object manipulation. ... Look up mime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Performance anxiety is also observed in sportsmen. In the latter case it is interpreted as a fear to underperform (in view of the actual public or implied publicity). A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ...

Quite often stage fright arises in a mere anticipation of a performance, often long time ahead. It has numerous manifestations: fluttering or pounding heart, tremor in hands and legs, diarrhea, facial nerve tics, dry mouth. Anticipation can refer to: Anticipation (album), a 1971 album by Carly Simon. ... For the film see Tremors (film). ... Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent watery, loose bowel movements (from the Greek word διάρροια; literally meaning through-flowing). Acute infectious diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries (particularly among infants), accounting for 5 to 8 million deaths... The facial nerve is the seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves. ... Not to be confused with Tick. ...

Stage fright may be observed in ordinary people, beginning artists, as well as in accomplished ones.

Some musicians use beta blockers to avoid stage fright during auditions, and performances.^[1] “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Beta blockers or beta-adrenergic blocking agents are a class of drugs used to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions and some other diseases. ... Audition can refer to: The sense of hearing The audio editing software Adobe Audition ... For the album by The Cure, see Concert (album). ...

Footnotes

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External links

• Conquering Stage Fright: A Comprehensive Approach, an online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (November, 2007)

• BBC Blast - Overcoming stage fright

• BBC Blast - Get confident

• Six Golden Rules for Conquering Performance Anxiety

• Online Stage Fright Severity Assessment Tool

• Surviving Stage Fright

• 6 Sure Fire Ways to Beat Stage Fright