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‘It Feels Like I’m Choking’— Actors Reveal Crippling Effects of Stage Fright

By Dalya Alberge — 2020

Performers open up anonymously in new study throwing light on severity of ‘humiliating’ condition

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, I’ve Stepped Away from Competition Because of Performance Anxiety.

Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.

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Amelia Jarecke
2021
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Under Pressure: Why Athletes Choke

What makes an elite sports star suddenly unable to do the very thing they have been practising for years? And is there anything they can do about it?

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A. Mark Williams, Tim Wigmore
2020
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Q&A: How Can I Ease Performance Anxiety?: Shiva Rea Offers Tips from Yoga and Ayurveda for Calming Nervous Energy and Anxiety.

I’m preparing for a dance performance in front of a big crowd of people, many of whom I know. I’d like to calm my nerves and quell my anxiety. How should I channel all my nervous energy?

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Shiva Rea
2017
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