How nervous or self-conscious are you in public? (POLL)
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There are too many factors involved to answer that poll 
What kind of public? Is it somewhere where I can blend in with the crowd or somewhere where I have to do something which will in some way draw attention to me? (like performing a task, giving a speech, asking for help etc etc )
Is it a place with mostly people I to some extent know or all strangers?
and : am I having one of those days when I trip over my own feet?
What kind of public? Is it somewhere where I can blend in with the crowd or somewhere where I have to do something which will in some way draw attention to me? (like performing a task, giving a speech, asking for help etc etc )
Is it a place with mostly people I to some extent know or all strangers?
and : am I having one of those days when I trip over my own feet?
If we're talking about "in public" as in being at a party, I'm never self conscious about that. I listen to people talk and if I have something to say I chip in.
If we're talking about "in public" as in public speaking, well... I'm a minister. (Not a pastor, just a minor minister.) And I get very nervous every time I'm supposed to preach. I choose to consider it a good thing. I'm nervous about it because I think it's important to do the job well. If I didn't get nervous it would probably be time to hang it up and stop preaching, because it would mean I have stopped caring.
If we're talking about "in public" as in public speaking, well... I'm a minister. (Not a pastor, just a minor minister.) And I get very nervous every time I'm supposed to preach. I choose to consider it a good thing. I'm nervous about it because I think it's important to do the job well. If I didn't get nervous it would probably be time to hang it up and stop preaching, because it would mean I have stopped caring.
I was extremely shy and timid most of my life, and it wasn't easy. After I went through a bout of depression a few years ago I stopped caring what people thought so much, and even though I am pretty much over that now, still I am very rarely nervous when in public, or at least, not in the same way as before. I am sure I would be a bit nervous if I had to get up in front of a crowd and speak, though I am terrible at talking the way it is, not really my gift. But really, everyone I meet usually reminds me of someone who I know already, so that makes it easier, plus I like to imagine how their life is and know that everyone has family like I do too. Now I think I usually feel very relaxed around most people.
But really, everyone I meet usually reminds me of someone who I know already, so that makes it easier, plus I like to imagine how their life is and know that everyone has family like I do too. Now I think I usually feel very relaxed around most people.