Your Result: A Combination of Influences
Your responses suggest that your speaking anxiety may be connected to more than one root cause.
For many people, these patterns develop gradually over time and become tied to several experiences or environments.
That can make it difficult to fully understand why some speaking situations feel manageable while others trigger anxiety, self-consciousness, overthinking, or the urge to hold back.
What this means
Your experience is layered.
And when patterns are layered, they require a deeper level of understanding—not a one-size-fits-all explanation.
You don’t need one perfect answer to move forward. You need clarity on what is most active for you now.
What to do next
I'm Dr. Doreen Downing, a Clinical Psychologist for over 30 years and creator of the Find Your Voice Method. I help people uncover the deeper reasons they struggle to speak up – and support them to be more fully expressed in every area of their life.
If you want to understand how your pattern specifically stands in your way and what needs to shift, I invite you to book a free 20-min Breakthrough Call with me.
In one conversation, you’ll get clear on what's really driving this for you and what your most natural next step looks like.Â
Warmly,
Doreen
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