I found I could perform in front of 200 people, but I would still feel nervous having a one-on-one conversation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You could put me on a stage in front of 100 people, and I could do a tap dance, but one-on-one was really difficult for me. And it took me most of my life to learn how to work with that anxiety, to embrace and be comfortable with it.
I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.
I like the performing part, it gives me a huge rush but it still makes me nervous. Being in front of large crowds is intimidating to me and I feel myself withdrawing.
I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.
I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds.
I'm nervous whenever I perform.
I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.
But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.
To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.
I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.