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From: New York Magazine

How to Get Over Stage Fright, Jenny Slate Style

New York Magazine:

What if you suddenly became intensely afraid of some integral part of your own career? In a recent interview with Fresh Air about her new film Obvious Child, Jenny Slate talked about her sudden-onset stage fright, a potentially career-killing phobia for a stand-up comic and actress. She says her fear, which took hold after she accidentally swore on Saturday Night Live and was subsequently dismissed from the show, lasted two long years.

Slate finally got over her fear (and saved her career) via hypnotism, something she tried because she loves things that “seem magical.” If you’re dealing with your own fear of public speaking and are skeptical of hypnotism, two recent studies have some alternative fixes for handling stage fright.

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The bulk of our societal conditining could be considered …”hypnosis? Hence no surprise that this subconscious cue ing cures approach fear which after all is mainly what customs mores traditions and even how we are taught to read facial expressins is all about


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