Blog by Dr. David Lee Fish

It’s incredibly common to feel that knot of anxiety before speaking or performing in front of others, isn’t it? It's familiar to anyone who’s experienced speech fright, stage fright, or competition anxiety (learn how they're related), but what many don’t realize is that common performance anxiety mi...

Bennett, 81, says he is still traumatised by his experience when he stumbled over the lines in a stage production of A Chip In The Sugar, one of his popular Talking Heads monologues.

Stage fright doesn’t care if you’re a baseball superstar, a musician, or an actor—it can strike anyone stepping into the spotlight.

Recently, baseball icon Shohei Ohtani reminded us of this truth in a big way. Despite his status as one of the most accomplished players in MLB history, he openly admitt...