Overcoming Social Anxiety

In this video, I share my recent experience at the Finn Film Affair in Helsinki, where I networked with distributors, sales agents, and investors. Despite being an experienced public speaker and performer, I felt unexpected social anxiety in this setting. I discuss the importance of practice, grounding techniques, and the role of caffeine in fueling anxiety. Through reflecting on my experience, I offer practical advice on overcoming these feelings, whether you're speaking in public, networking, or simply interacting in social situations. Learn how to manage anxiety, reduce dependence on caffeine, and focus on active listening to boost confidence.
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[@florianc.2410]

Thank you, Darren, for sharing your thoughts and feelings about this situation and your experience and tips to overcome social anxiety. I experienced sometimes the same in these situations like introductions of participants, speaking as a teacher in front of group of people or at some auditions. God bless you, many other people and myself next time in these situations! 🙏🏼🙂☀ Best wishes from Germany, Florian

[@via8345]

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[@friendlyshadow6857]

You're so inspiring! Thank you for this vid.

[@rwdchannel2901]

My personal issues with being in groups is I'm highly sensitive, introverted, and I have a rare disease called Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction(PET). PET can make it hard for me to talk normally at times because I can hear my own voice very loudly when I'm whispering and breathing, it can make it hard for me to breathe properly, and my physical stress levels rise faster than normal. If I do certain breathing exercises I can reverse PET. Having these combinations of things make speaking in public extremely uncomfortable for me.

[@raufmeister]

this is really interesting because i experienced exzctly the same as you said, with one person when i speak in other languages, what i did is detect the feelings, anxiety, fear, etc and write how those feelings feel in a notebook, once i realized those, next time it happen i will understand that, for me was being not ready, after some practice it was easier and didnt happen again, breath is another thing people should do, some dont breath when anxious

[@prakashshetty5189]

👍🙏🌺🙏👍Very Inspiring

[@marcusarchives]

Biggest fan

[@madarauchiha9451]

i would like to say that, plz make 1 more vdo after some time, after you applied these advice and what results did you get.

[@grime7002]

I have my worse social anxiety on mondays and tuesdays and im trying to to stop this