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Glossophobia
Glossophobia
Glossophobia - public speaking fear - is widespread and believed to affect ~77% of the population. Some individuals may feel slightly nervous at the very thought of public speaking, while others experience full-on panic and fear. They may try to avoid public speaking at all costs, or if they must speak in public, they endure shaking hands and a weak, quavering voice.
After the Covid, when everyone had to work at home in social distancing, many people started losing social skills on how to communicate in public and give presentations. When we came into real life a year ago, where colleagues stopped being virtual and became material, people started experiencing natural stress while speaking to their colleagues on any topic.
Nature of fear
Nature of fear
Most phobias appear out of the blue, often starting in childhood or early adulthood. A phobia may arise due to genetic tendencies and other environmental, biological, and psychological factors. People who fear public speaking may have a real fear of being embarrassed or rejected.
Glossophobia may relate to one’s prior experiences; an individual with a bad experience during public speaking may fear repeating that previous experience when attempting to speak again.
Character traits
Glossophobia occurs in indecisive people who are not confident in their abilities. It happens that over time, the disorder disappears, and in adulthood, it manifests itself again.
Wrong upbringing
Parents inspire the child that talking loudly, standing out, and attracting attention is bad. The kid is taught that people can ridicule him for stupidity, appearance, seditious thoughts, or misunderstanding. While speaking in public, people are subconsciously afraid to say something wrong and be humiliated.
Personal qualities
Excessive self-criticism and overestimation of the importance of someone else's opinion are often qualities people carefully cultivate in themselves for years, not realizing that they are cultivating the ground for all mental disorders.
Negative experience
A person who unsuccessfully spoke to the public hardly decides to do it again. Negative experiences are not only personal but also someone else's. If an impressionable person sees someone booed or ridiculed during a public speech, he may develop glossophobia.
The most common treatments for glossophobia are mental stimulation techniques, actual training practices, and various stress-reducing medications.
Virtual reality
Virtual reality
You may ask, how does it work?
Our team has developed a unique space in virtual reality, which users can access in a VR headset (with Meta Quest), where you find themselves in various virtual locations:
- in a small bar with friends
- at a working meeting with colleagues and boss
- in a large student audience
- at a conference
There you can talk about the chosen topic, and the AI system, developed by the PsyTech team, will determine the level of your performance!
OR
with a specialist - the doctor will have access to your training in real-time and guide you through all the training!
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