Where did your speaking anxiety most likely begin?
Many people who struggle to speak up believe something is wrong with them.
As a Psychologist specialized in public speaking anxiety, what I have seen over and over for decades is something very different.
There is often a reason or a time when you learned to hold back your voice.
And until you see that clearly, the anxiety can keep repeating, even when you know what you want to say.
This short quiz will help you begin to identify where that pattern may have started so you can begin to shift it.
This is not a diagnosis. It is an invitation to understand yourself with compassion.
Instructions
Read each statement and check the ones that feel true for you.
Go with your first response.