how do you fight nerves?
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I usually take them out with a roundhouse kick!
685752
By conquering your fear. Do one step at a time. \nFor Example:\n1. You are a shy person, you are afraid to make friends. What do you do? The next time you enter an elevator.. just say "Hi, how are you?" and when the person replied back, continue the conversation. If the person didn't answer, don't be despaired or embarrassed because chances are the person is as shy as you. Soon you realised.. you are not that shy anymore.\n\n2. You are not good with maths! Practice and the key is to understand the concept. Many refused to practice because they refused to learn the concept and without practice nothing helps. Once you get the first question right, you feel challenge and accomplished and soon you will be good with it.\n\n3. This is my own experience. I am so afraid to reformat my laptop because i never did it before and it was infected with spy ware. The advise I get from friends " Gees, very troublesome..can be complicated etc.etc. Why not ask the expert to do it?? it will cost you a couple of hundreds" Then i read the manual, it seems so easy and I think of the worst thing that can happen if i messed up. After evaluating the risk..I just took the step to do it and follow the instructions on the screen. It is as easy as ABC...nothing genius about it. It took only my time because I had to reinstall everything..my programs and the anti virus etc. All in all I spent a good 2hrs before my laptop run just like new.\n\nRemember, there is a saying... you built a house one stone at a time :)
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1) Don't read off your notes (or Powerpoint presentation or overhead transparency)\n2) Don't dance around or ring your hands or play with your hair\n3) Talk loudly and clearly (without shouting) and make sure your voice doesn't go too high-pitched\n4) Make sure you look left, right and straight ahead for about 3 seconds each (otherwise people won't feel included and will start chatting amongst themselves, which will make you even more nervous)\n\nThese are the basic guidelines I give my students.\n\nGood luck.
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taking a deep breath and trying to imagine yourself in a peadeful place.......I struggle very much with impatience, and even though I still get very impatient, I have become quite good at hiding it, it just takes practice and work.\nGood luck!
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Face it, panic attack and all. Don't take this as medical advice, but from personal experience, the only way you can overcome a fear is to face it head on.
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If you are a more reserved or timid person, my advice for being more aggressive would be this. If it is very important for you to be more aggressive, then throw caution to the wind. Try to refrain from moving backward, and try to move foreward using the techniques that you learned in school. If you are pushed or kicked backward, this is fine, but begin moving fareward again with kicks and punches right away. You might be nervous, but this is ok. Allow yourself to be nervous, but also allow yourself to attack. Give yourself this chance, and allow yourself to see that you CAN do it. Something that I do in order to lose my nerves or fear of heavy contact is to move in close to my apponent. I allow myself to get hit and rocked a few times. I do this to reassure myself that I CAN take it, and that I CAN come back with effective and powerful attack. Good luck to you.
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I am exactly the same. I don't think there is a cure, though. We just have to control ourselves from inside. Try deep breathing and talk to yourself. Tell yourself its OK and its just nerves. \nIt might help you. It helps me at times.
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Let me rephrase that for you: How do I ease my nervousness?\nNow that that's settled, just drink some milk, watch some tv, think about pleasant things, imagine the audience in their underwear, breathe deeply, empty your mind of all thoughts...\nthat should tide you over, right?
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Fight or flight is triggered by chemical and electrical means, not hindered by thought.  For example... if someone sneaks up behind you and "scares" you, you do not think before your initial reaction, just as you would not think before you react if you are asleep and someone grabs you and screams loudly; try this...  tell one of your family or friends to sneak up and scare you sometime during the day, but at a time and location that you do not know about.  theoretically, if you are able to think before triggering the fight or flight mechanism, then you should never jump, because you already know that at some point someone is going to try and scare you.  If thought comes first, you should be able to reason away the need to "jump".  In short, "fight or flight" is a reflex similar to that which occurs if you touch something hot... you do not think "ouch, I should move my hand, this burns" your nervous system (most likely not your brain but your spinal cord) sends the signal very quickly for you to move, probably before you even realize that you've been burned.\n\nAnother way to think of this...  If a friend were to don a bear costume and hide in your bedroom and jump towards you and growl the second you turn on the light, you will most assuredly jump, or even run.  Now if thought were the prevailing factor, you would simply reason that there would certainly not really be a bear in your bedroom, and you would have little or no reaction.  \n\nI hope this helps.
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Some recommendations:\n\n- Picture yourself defeating your opponent. \n- Strike through the opponent. Don't aim to strike the face, strike through the face to the back of the head. \n- Jab until you calm your nerves. Once you settle into the fight, stick to your combinations.\n\nAs you get better, you'll sometimes think you're able to stretch time. What you're actually doing, is shortening your reaction time, providing you with a longer time to respond. This is the 'zone' that fighters allude to. \n\nAlso, do as much road work as possible. Jogging is the key to victory. The more you run, the better you'll do.\n\nFinally, breaking your nose doesn't hurt that much. Not getting in the ring hurts a lot more.\n\nGood luck.
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That is actually a nervous habit, I used to do that as well.  The best thing I'd do is find out what's stressing you out so bad.
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how do u start a bum fight?
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taking a test\ntaking ur drivers test also\ngetting married \nstarting a new job\ni dont really get nervous but these r things that people get nervous for
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You have to know when your doing it and try to be in control of it. Try something that is not as obvious as what your doing. Wear a ring and spin it on your finger or something. Sometimes people outgrow nervous tics.
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Have somebody make sure you're alert, you talking to them them talking to you. \nBeing annoyed helps, play music you cant stand at different volume levels. \nBeing wet and or cold makes it easier to stay alert.\nWalking around staying active, or doing a few jumping jacks. It keeps blood flowing.\nDiscomfort helps as well.
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A better question is how do you accept your fear so it will not feel like it's taking you over. Accept the fear, feel it, and allow it to be. It is worse if you try to deny the fear. When you allow it, it is there, you feel it, and you're okay.\n\nGood luck.
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I am a teacher who also gets very nervous when doing a presentation or workshop in front of my peers, so try these tricks:\n\n1) Practice, practice, practice.  Rehearse in front of your family, friends, a mirror, whatever.  The more you know the material, the easier it will come.  Alot of the times you may get nervous because you are afraid you are going to screw up or look silly.  If you have what you are going to say down, that should help.  \n\n2) Before you go up, use the restroom.  On the way there, take big strides and swing your arms steadily.  Your goal here is to burn off the extra adrenaline and rthe exercise will help you relax.\n\n3) I cannot remember the proper name for this technique, but it DOES work.  Breathe in, tighten your stomach muscles, working from the top ones down to the bottom ones.  What you are doing is burning off excess adrenaline and at the same time breathing slower and deeper.  I use this one every time and it works great.  Once you have finished with the bottom muscles, exhale and repeat.\n\n4)  Relax...Breathe in slowly, hold your breath for 4 to 5 seconds, then slowly exhale.\n\n5)  Remember... that nobody sitting there is judging you.  They all understand how nerve racking it can be to speak in public.  They want you to succeed.\n\n6)  Pick one friendly, smiling face in the crowd and focus on that one person.  This doesn't mean that you don't scan the room and present to the class, but always return your focus to that one person and you will be ok.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n"There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars". - Mark Twain