1. Fight, Flee, or Take Control: Surviving Performance Anxiety

3. Responses Heart and lungs pump harder Paling and/or flushing Tunnel Vision

4. Responses Fuel pumping to muscles Construction of some blood vessels Inhibition of saliva

6. Some Stress Is Good

7. Cognitive Responses

8. Everyone else feels the same way.

9. The audience wants you to succeed.

10. Everyone else feels the same way. The audience wants you to succeed This, too, will pass.

11. Preparation

12. Allow time for research and rehearsal

13. Practice for shorter periods over a longer number of days

14. Allow time for research and rehearsal Practice for shorter periods over a longer number of days Practice under conditions as much as possible like the ones in which you will present

15. Performance

16. Be well rested and fed.

17. Think positively

18. Be well rested and fed. Think positively Act calm to be calm

19. Be well rested and fed. Think positively Act calm to be calm Focus on telling the audience about something they should know

20. Audience Response

21. Pay attention to the speaker

22. Look at the speaker with a pleasant and encouraging expression

23. Pay attention to the speaker Look at the speaker with a pleasant and encouraging expression Give the speaker appropriate feedback

24. In the Future

25. Speak as often as you can

26. Find relaxation techniques that work for you and use them often

27. http://cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess/animations/diaphra matic_breathing/diaphragmatic_breathing.html

28. http://cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess/animations/progres sive_muscle_relaxation/progessive_muscle_relaxation.ht ml

29. Public Speaking Guided Imagery http://www.loyola.edu/department/counselingcenter/st udents/relaxation.aspx Dartmouth Relaxation Downloads http://www.dartmouth.edu/~healthed/relax/downloads.html Guided Imagery

30. Additional Resources for Students Writing CenterCounseling Services