Not sure if this is the best place to post this but really wanted some advice on this and to see if others are affected by this condition. I have a severe fear of speaking in public. When I say public, it can be any situations at all when I am speaking in front of others, even just one other person. I suddenly become really self-conscious, my mind goes blank and I forget what I am saying. This has affected me throughout my entire career so of the last 20 years and nothing I do seems to help. I've tried hypnotherapy, started counselling (but made me dwell on it even more!) and beta blockers. The beta blockers are really the only think that helps but even then I still get nervous. Seems to be all about the anticipation of speaking when I manage to get myself massively worked up! Oddly enough, I am fine on conference calls and occasionally meetings will go well when I managed to overcome by nerves by distracting myself, but these are are occasions and most the time I dread each meeting and really suffer (panic attacks, wanting to run away etc). Just interested to hear from anyone who has the same fear and how they deal with it.