Talk:Glossophobia

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75% statistic
It's claimed in the article that up to 75 % of population suffer from glossophobia. This interpretation is totally wrong.

Of course, every one of us is more or less afraid of public talking, but a phobia is considered a real psychological problemness, that invalids person. And there aren't many suffering from a real phobia of public speaking, that really harms one's life and ability to normal living.

Please, try not to confuse these two differents things.

Santeri Lauren, Finland —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.32.203 (talk) 18:09, 21 February 2005 (UTC)


 * Perhaps it could be restated as a very mild form of glossophobia --Landon 01:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The article says "citation needed". I remember reading this in my public speaking textbook and it's almost the exact same line.  I'll try to find it when Thanksgiving break is over. Lightblade 09:39, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well you cannot say a very mild form of glossophobia either. That would be like saying he's got a mild form of death. A phobia has an exact definition and should not be thought of as being a spectrum ranging from normal to increasingly disabling. Dermotmallon —Preceding undated comment added 14:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC).

While I'm not a psychiatrist, I do think that people who avoid giving presentations at work, and go through many of the physiological changes when placed in a position of public speaking, even among small audiences could be considered to have mild forms of glossophobia. When people have phobias, such as fear of spiders, while it doesn't "disable" them, it certain presents added stress when the individual is directly exposed to the stimulus.

As far as merging this with stage fright, I think that acting and public speaking are a bit different. Acting involves putting someone's words into your mouth and regergitating them, where as public speaking are your own words (generally), and the rationale for the fear is a bit different, such as appearing ignorant of your subject matter.

-Judd Spitzer, Florida, USA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.204.242.169 (talk) 03:39, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Stage fright is just a common term that is used interchangebly with glossophobia. Stage fright is for any type of performance, doesn't have to be acting to speaking, it could be as simple as playing an instrument. Stage fright is glossophobia. Gflores Talk 18:50, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge
I'm going to merge stage fright with glossophobia in approximately three days, unless someone objects. The stage fright article even says, the technical term for it is glossophobia. Stage fright is the common man's term for glossophobia, whether it's very mild or extreme. Gflores Talk 21:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with the merge, but I think it should be the other way. "Stage fright" is much more common in English than "glossophobia"; Google nets 1,040,000 results for the former and 11,600 for the latter. — BrianSmithson 18:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm... maybe you're right... I don't know. Gflores Talk 16:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Merge from Speech Anxiety
Orthogonal to the proposed merge with Stage fright discussed above, I've merged Speech Anxiety to Glossophobia. I understand that Judd Spitzer feels that there is possibly a distinction between Glossophobia as a clinical phobia and weaker forms of fear of public speaking, but until that distinction is made clear in this article there's no point having two articles, especially since nothing links to the other one. If there is an acute distinction, rather than just stronger/weaker symptoms, that distinction can be made within one article. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-28 08:06Z 

First sentence needs fixing
It currently says "Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the N/A of public speaking". 81.151.207.119 (talk) 07:37, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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