Dr. Sheena Latif

       It is always a state of chaos to many when they even think about speaking something in public or presenting a piece of their official work, artform, project, research outcome etc. It has always been spoon-fed to us from childhood that performing or presenting yourself in front of an audience is something to be scared of or anxious about. Making someone over-conscious about this process along with the unseen fear of something horrible going to happen, has resulted in many withdrawing themselves from speaking confidently in front of a group of people.      Causes and Symptoms of Stage Fright :- Researchers claim that this fear of facing an audience generally termed as 'stage fright' can be correlated to its ancestral  constitute -  'the fear of darkness'. Tracing back to ancient times of stone age, cavemen who hunted ferocious animals in the daylight had to fear the atrociousness of those creatures who could attack and kill them out of ...

        Anxiety and its Impact        Across th e globe, every person undergoes and experiences anxiety one way or the other. From childhood to adulthood, anxiety affects a person in many different ways. Practitioners and medical professionals do agree that anxiety in its various gradation level can influence a person's daily life as well as his performance at school or workplace in a positive or negative way. A minimum to approximate threshold of anxiety can act positively and can help a person improve his efficiency and performance and allow him/ her to be successful in life or career owing to the positive pressure that anxiety puts towards a better and positive outcome.       On the other hand, above this threshold level, anxiety can negatively affect the person and can de-rate his performance due to the excessive fear of failure or stress. The outcome is anticipated to be negative and the anxiety triggers se...