Results: Are you afraid of...?
Published on 02/26/2024
I've been pondering for an eternity almost about opening a youtube channel, but somehow I keep making excuses not to start. At work I'm fairly comfortable talking in meetings and training people (even those I don't know), but that is completely different (in my mind) from going online and talking to absolute strangers. What do you think: should I just go head first or prep it all out?
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According to the National Social Anxiety Center, public speaking is said to be #1 fear for people. Death is #2. And yet so many people start off YouTube channels, TikToks and so on. I think this information is outdated. What do you think? I agree: I'd rather die then have to stand in front of a crowd speaking.
18%
425 votes
I like speaking in public!
10%
236 votes
Today's technology and connectivity certainly helped younger generation be more at ease with public speaking.
16%
392 votes
You can be ok with doing YouTube, TikTok and so on and still be paralyzed with speaking in front of a crowd. It's not the same thing!
25%
600 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
28 votes
Not Applicable
30%
719 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.71% | 12 | |
| no public spaking | 0.06% | 1 |
| It is Said that If you don't try to fullfill your dream you will later in life aways regret that you didn't do it. TOO many people talk themselves out of there dream ,desirers and plans,it's better to try and fail then never try at all be victorious | 0.06% | 1 |
| go for it! | 0.06% | 1 |
| I am also suffering from the same dilemma. I have put it off for the last 2 years. I have put off finishing my book for even a longer time. | 0.06% | 1 |
| I am not afraid of it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| You are creative & will do an awesome job!!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Once I get warmed up I can talk anywhere. Know your material. | 0.06% | 1 |
| SOMETHING I CAN'T DI | 0.06% | 1 |
| What things would you talk about on your channel? If you're well-versed and confident then go for it ! | 0.06% | 1 |
| If the speaking in public is part of my job, I will do it! | 0.06% | 1 |
| I just hate it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Will, if I have to. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Neither of these things scare me. | 0.06% | 1 |
| You don't have to post live. Pre-record and post it when you are happy with it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Online is NOT public speaking. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Used to be in my youth; now--not so much. | 0.06% | 1 |
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What's your biggest fear? Public Speaking
11%
255 votes
Death
14%
347 votes
Spiders, bugs or creepy crawlers
8%
196 votes
Heights
12%
291 votes
Isolation (sound, visual, social...)
3%
75 votes
WW3
6%
144 votes
Lack of money
13%
303 votes
Being without your smartphone / no internet
1%
27 votes
Germs and any ailments
3%
70 votes
Failure
4%
85 votes
Thunder
0%
10 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
131 votes
Not Applicable
19%
457 votes
Success
0%
9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.18% | 23 | |
| Snakes | 0.67% | 13 |
| loneliness | 0.10% | 2 |
| homelessness | 0.10% | 2 |
| pain | 0.10% | 2 |
| Mice | 0.10% | 2 |
| Claustrophobia | 0.10% | 2 |
| Falling | 0.10% | 2 |
| Multiple listed above | 0.05% | 1 |
| being caught in a fire | 0.05% | 1 |
| Having overcome many fears to date, a swarm of mosquitoes in the heat weather (usually) which causes antiphallactic shock. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Climate change | 0.05% | 1 |
| being lonely and Never have anyone who love GOD First then Me! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Innumerable suffering. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Nothing | 0.05% | 1 |
| rats | 0.05% | 1 |
| being stuck in a small enclosed space\ | 0.05% | 1 |
| ice | 0.05% | 1 |
| Suffering | 0.05% | 1 |
| being without my husband | 0.05% | 1 |
| Needles | 0.05% | 1 |
| Losing my relationship with God | 0.05% | 1 |
| Unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| Several of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| poor health | 0.05% | 1 |
| Total collapse of the economic system leading to totalitarianism. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Virginia Wolf | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being without the Lord's covering | 0.05% | 1 |
| ilness | 0.05% | 1 |
| Latex or rubber Balloons | 0.05% | 1 |
| drowing | 0.05% | 1 |
| People | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cats being hit by a car. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Rodents. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Dirty spaces, dirty things | 0.05% | 1 |
| separated from God | 0.05% | 1 |
| severe pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| Anything with a feather on it dead or alive | 0.05% | 1 |
| Getting old and winding up in hospitals and nursing homes | 0.05% | 1 |
| isolation | 0.05% | 1 |
| heights | 0.05% | 1 |
| becoming incapacitated | 0.05% | 1 |
| Losing family and friends | 0.05% | 1 |
| Poverty | 0.05% | 1 |
| Burning and drowning | 0.05% | 1 |
| The fear of GOD | 0.05% | 1 |
| the future | 0.05% | 1 |
| Getting lost | 0.05% | 1 |
| Losing my home | 0.05% | 1 |
| Rape | 0.05% | 1 |
| no fear | 0.05% | 1 |
| I can't just choose one | 0.05% | 1 |
| many of the above are equally scary | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not comfortable sharing | 0.05% | 1 |
| Long term, severe illness. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not being a child of God | 0.05% | 1 |
| Anything negative in relation to my child. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Losing family member | 0.05% | 1 |
| tyranny | 0.05% | 1 |
| escalators...but just going down. Going up I have no issues with | 0.05% | 1 |
| IRS filing errors/fees | 0.05% | 1 |
| 4 more years of Biden! | 0.05% | 1 |
| trump being president | 0.05% | 1 |
| Something bad will happen to someone I love. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Lefties allowing communism to take over our country and our freedom and even lives disappearing. Our government allowing our country to be invaded and even terrorist walking in. | 0.05% | 1 |
| being unneeded | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cancer or Alzheimers | 0.05% | 1 |
| probably most of the above answers | 0.05% | 1 |
| My child dying before I do. | 0.05% | 1 |
| getting alzheimers | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fear itself | 0.05% | 1 |
| s e x | 0.05% | 1 |
| Abandonment | 0.05% | 1 |
| Having a spider land on my head while speaking in public | 0.05% | 1 |
| Poverty!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure. What’s yours? | 0.05% | 1 |
| many of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| driving on freeways and high bridges | 0.05% | 1 |
| Encoded dpaces | 0.05% | 1 |
| Government | 0.05% | 1 |
| Prison | 0.05% | 1 |
| being burried alive. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being all alone | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not being able to look after myself | 0.05% | 1 |
| My mind | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends on the day | 0.05% | 1 |
| I cannot think of anything I am afraid of. | 0.05% | 1 |
| being forever separated from God | 0.05% | 1 |
| snakes and fire | 0.05% | 1 |
| all of the above, and then some | 0.05% | 1 |
| Heights,spiders, creepy crawlers,caves, public speaking; | 0.05% | 1 |
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Are you publishing anything online professionally? (if yes, please share in the comments a link) I have a Youtube Channel
4%
87 votes
I have a podcast
2%
39 votes
I have a blog
3%
72 votes
I'm an influencer on social media
4%
86 votes
I write books
3%
68 votes
I'm an actor/comedian
1%
25 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
27 votes
Not Applicable
86%
2068 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.72% | 11 | |
| p o r n | 0.50% | 2 |
| I create original contents for my Italian teaching and sometimes I share them on socials | 0.25% | 1 |
| I am an artist | 0.25% | 1 |
| I design surveys - a good lead in to publishing and speaking. | 0.25% | 1 |
| articles for academic journals | 0.25% | 1 |
| I'm working on launching my Spiritual/Metaphysical business before the end of the year. I won't share it yet! | 0.25% | 1 |
| I have been on many stages from dancing to acting in dinner theatres. | 0.25% | 1 |
| I write Devotional articles on a Christian website | 0.25% | 1 |
| As a musician and actor shows I have been part of have been put online, but I didn't have anything to do with it. | 0.25% | 1 |
| Letters to both the local newspaper and to politicians. | 0.25% | 1 |
| I'm an unpublished writer | 0.25% | 1 |
| I am a book publisher.. | 0.25% | 1 |
| artist | 0.25% | 1 |
| NO | 0.25% | 1 |
| i has been publish i write poems | 0.25% | 1 |
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If you said you publish online, how do you deal with "stage fright"? I don't have it because I found ways around it (i.e. I don't show my face, my voice is modulated, I use AI to impersonate me, I publish things where I don't have to speak/show myself...)
3%
79 votes
It comes with time: lots of preparation and even more editing.
4%
102 votes
I teamed up with people I know and I'm comfortable being part of the group.
3%
67 votes
It never goes away completely; you just learn to keep on going and take encouragement from the engagement of your audience.
6%
138 votes
I've never had a problem with that. I guess I'm a natural.
4%
86 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
18 votes
Not Applicable
82%
1972 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.63% | 8 | |
| I'm a 3-star Thespian. | 0.20% | 1 |
| I write what I want to say and how I want to say it and then read it. I ignore the audience. | 0.20% | 1 |
| my pper is published online and latter in print. | 0.20% | 1 |
| When I had my child, all my fears completely changed. Things that I used to fear are no longer a thought to me anymore. | 0.20% | 1 |
| I've always had stage fright before any show, but it goes away as soon as the show starts. I know what I'm supposed to do and when. | 0.20% | 1 |
| IN HIGH SCHOOL I DID PLAYS BUT NOW I WOULDN'T DO IT EVER AGAIN | 0.20% | 1 |
| get naked | 0.20% | 1 |
| still suffering | 0.20% | 1 |
| my you tube channel just contains videos . so no problem .. historic family pics | 0.20% | 1 |
| Fear Stands for:Forget Everything and Run or Face Everything And Rise.The Choice is yours. | 0.20% | 1 |
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If you have stage fright, why is the main thing you're afraid of? I'm afraid my voice sounds silly.
7%
170 votes
I'm afraid of how people judge my appearance.
12%
293 votes
I'm afraid people realize I am not really an expert in what I'm saying.
9%
210 votes
Cancel culture and real-life repercussions.
5%
114 votes
I'm afraid I'd be doing it for an audience of 3 (me, myself and I). No one would care what I want to say.
6%
142 votes
I'm afraid those who know me in real life (i.e. family / friends / coworkers) would find what I publish and mock me for it.
4%
99 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
41 votes
Not Applicable
66%
1595 votes
I'm afraid of my own success and the responsibility that comes after.
3%
63 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.24% | 14 | |
| I get cotton mouth | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'm Not afraid of speaking to a crowd of people,I know that No one is perfect Except GOD Almighty and he wants us to be Victorious in what we do! | 0.09% | 1 |
| Faith is given when asking God’s help and confidence in yourself | 0.09% | 1 |
| Most times l'm afraid of the video of myself getting to my enemies, who will use them for evil | 0.09% | 1 |
| I sang "in your easter bonnet" in a kiddies' talent competition; 10,000 spectators; I LOVED IT! I was 6 | 0.09% | 1 |
| Anxiety | 0.09% | 1 |
| worried that i'd forget my lines | 0.09% | 1 |
| everyone lookoing at me | 0.09% | 1 |
| afraid of both success and failure, a two-edged sword | 0.09% | 1 |
| I hate all eyes on me | 0.09% | 1 |
| i just cant talk i speak but nothing comes out or words are spaced 30 seconds apart | 0.09% | 1 |
| Not sure I just freeze | 0.09% | 1 |
| Lack of confidence - I start to shake. | 0.09% | 1 |
| i do not know the answer. i can only day I am paralyzed at the thought. | 0.09% | 1 |
| It's all completely irrational. I learned at a very young age that even if I do make a mistake as long as I keep going the audience won't notice. | 0.09% | 1 |
| The anxiety is so bad that it takes a physical blow on my physical body. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Forgetting steps or lines. | 0.09% | 1 |
| not knowing what to say | 0.09% | 1 |
| not sure what makes me terrified of talking in front of a huge group. | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'm afraid of forgetting what I want to say | 0.09% | 1 |
| Messing up | 0.09% | 1 |
| Forgetting the lines | 0.09% | 1 |
| Afraid of forgetting lines | 0.09% | 1 |
| i have no idea | 0.09% | 1 |
| In years of nervous public speaking, none of these have ever happened. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Afraid of looking like an idiot | 0.09% | 1 |
| to shy | 0.09% | 1 |
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