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>> My therapist seems to think that I'm nervous of public speaking
>> because I'm autistic. I was under the impression that *all* people are
>> nervous of public speaking. (Or at least, the vast majority of people
>> anyway.) I didn't think this was "abnormal" in any way...?
>
> It's not.
I thought as much...
> I used to be nervous of public speaking, to the extent that
> I'd bail on assembly bible readings at school and even considered
> skipping some uni classes. I'm still scared of it now, even after giving
> papers at research conference and being a best man three times. It's the
> build-up I can't stand, it just terrifies me. However, once I'm up there
> I usually have great fun and wonder what all the fuss was about... weird.
...well OK, there are degrees of fear. Being absolutely terrified to the
point of phobia probably *is* abnormal, but simply being nervous about
it is really normal IMHO.
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