Public speaking anxiety is one of the most common social fears in the world. For many people, the idea of standing in front of an audience triggers racing thoughts, a shaky voice, sweating, or even panic. This fear isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s your brain’s threat system misfiring in situations that aren’t actually dangerous. The good news? Fear of public speaking is highly treatable with the right approach. One of the most effective methods is public speaking exposure therapy exercises. This approach works by slowly and safely exposing you to speaking situations instead of avoiding them. Avoidance may feel like relief in the short term, but it teaches the brain that speaking is something to fear. Exposure does the opposite: it retrains your nervous system to stay calm under pressure. How to Desensitize Public Speaking Fear Step by Step Exposure therapy follows the principle of gradual exposure for social anxiety. You don’t jump straight into delivering a speech to a large ...
Some of you might’ve already seen the recent video ad I made for Contentsyruplabs.com . If you did - nice! If not, don’t worry. Let me take you behind the scenes and walk you through how this little experiment came to life. Like most good (and slightly chaotic) ideas, this one started with a sudden light-bulb moment. I thought, Why not make an actual ad/commercial for CSL? Once that idea landed, the real question kicked in: what’s the story? Around the same time, I had built a tiny web app on my blog where you can tickle your friends and let them know they’ve been tickled. That app itself was inspired by Facebook’s old poke feature - which, if you’re from the early Facebook era, you know hits straight in the nostalgia. Old Facebook, old friends, endless poking… simpler times. That nostalgia led me to the tickle idea. And honestly, tickling just felt more fun, and way more intimate, than poking. Plus, let’s be real, it also neatly avoids copyright headaches. Win-win. I vibe-code...