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Performance Anxiety

Submitted by Tawny Weber on Wed, 2008-09-24 06:11.

My youngest daughter is auditioning this week for a musical – a much bigger performance than anything she’s done before. On top of this, she hasn’t done any sort of drama (unless you count the end of the world predictions she makes whenever she has to do her chores) in a couple years. So I wasn’t surprised when she told me she’s scared. At first, she claimed she’s shy. I had to laugh. The child is even less shy than I am (if we’ve met, you know I’m not exactly the quiet retiring type). But I did help her understand that what she’s dealing with isn’t shyness. Its performance anxiety. I get it, too. I hate being ‘on stage’.
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