Stage fright

According to a Harvard Mental Health Letter, "Anxiety usually has physical symptoms that may include a racing heart, a dry mouth, a shaky voice, blushing, trembling, sweating, lightheadedness, and nausea".

This process takes place when the body releases adrenaline into the blood stream causing a chain of reactions to occur.

Additionally, a discussion revealed that many years of formal education might counteract the performance anxiety linked to personality type.

Given various conditions, performance anxiety reduced with time, indicating that the diary style of self-monitoring may have therapeutic benefits.

[7] As a beta blocker drug, propranolol prevents adrenaline (epinephrine) released during the "fight-or-flight" bodily response from attaching to the heart, lungs and other parts of the body.

This reduces or eliminates the physical symptoms of performance anxiety including increased heart rate (tachycardia), rapid breathing (hyperventilation), dry mouth, trembling, shaky voice, and sweating.

Propranolol is not an officially approved treatment for performance anxiety; however, past studies[8] and patient experiences[9] indicate the drug is effective at reducing physical symptoms.

Relaxing the body with deep breaths, mentally preparing oneself, and redirecting one's attention are techniques that may help with minimizing stage fright.

[14] Many well-known public performers have been afflicted with stage fright and were able to overcome their problem, including Ariel Pink, Al Jolson, Lily Pons, Brian Wilson, Virginia O'Brien, Michael Gambon, Grimes, Lorde, Carly Simon,[15] Jason Alexander, Mose Allison, Maya Angelou, David Brenner, Peter Coyote, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Lewis, Roy Orbison,[16] Barbra Streisand,[17] Adele, David Warner,[18] Niall Horan, Frankie Howerd, Mike Yarwood, Ian Holm,[19] Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Frankie Boyle,[20] Peter Gabriel, Donald Fagen, John Lydon, Meg White (which was so extreme that it led to her early retirement from the music industry) and Amanda Seyfried.