A Reflective Essay on Acupuncture and Its Application to Performance Anxiety.
Performance Anxiety, or more commonly known as Stage Fright, is the phobia and fear which stops an individual believing that they are able to tackle the task at hand. Performance anxiety, does not just include performing in front of a large audience, it can include both public and private situations both large and small, such as a meeting, an exam, or intimate moments.
Anxiety in itself begins with the fear that you can’t perform a task or presentation, because you honestly believe that it will or could go wrong. This is where the anxiety can escalate from. In some cases, people’s phobias turn the sometimes enjoyable task into a chore. The fear of failure or inability to even begin this chore creates a surge of adrenaline in your body which you struggle to control; unlike the type of adrenaline we can enjoy. Learning to channel this adrenaline properly is what we have been studying in this complex module of Performance Anxiety.
There are many different techniques which have been tested to cure Performance Anxiety. The Alexander technique is the most popular and well known cure for Performance Anxiety. Throughout this module, I have studied this technique in depth, alongside my personal study choice.
"The Alexander technique is a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your body." , according to the Alexander Techniques online forum and website. The Alexander Technique, does not look at giving you a specific treatment which will cure you instantly, it looks at adapting the way you think about performances, by releasing trapped energy in the body. The flow of energy in the body is widely spoken about in a lot of anxiety therapies. It is believed the flow of energy in your body directly controls your mannerisms during a performance, meeting, interview etc. The founder of the Alexander Technique’s objective was to “make experimentation and training deliberately repeatable, and to learn in a way that would allow indefinite improvement” .
Anxiety in itself begins with the fear that you can’t perform a task or presentation, because you honestly believe that it will or could go wrong. This is where the anxiety can escalate from. In some cases, people’s phobias turn the sometimes enjoyable task into a chore. The fear of failure or inability to even begin this chore creates a surge of adrenaline in your body which you struggle to control; unlike the type of adrenaline we can enjoy. Learning to channel this adrenaline properly is what we have been studying in this complex module of Performance Anxiety.
There are many different techniques which have been tested to cure Performance Anxiety. The Alexander technique is the most popular and well known cure for Performance Anxiety. Throughout this module, I have studied this technique in depth, alongside my personal study choice.
"The Alexander technique is a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your body." , according to the Alexander Techniques online forum and website. The Alexander Technique, does not look at giving you a specific treatment which will cure you instantly, it looks at adapting the way you think about performances, by releasing trapped energy in the body. The flow of energy in the body is widely spoken about in a lot of anxiety therapies. It is believed the flow of energy in your body directly controls your mannerisms during a performance, meeting, interview etc. The founder of the Alexander Technique’s objective was to “make experimentation and training deliberately repeatable, and to learn in a way that would allow indefinite improvement” .