Speaking in public is a highly stressful experience for many. Before it's your turn to speak, your heart might race, your palms sweat, and you might mentally rehearse scenes of failure, worrying about a trembling voice, incoherent delivery, being seen as nervous, or even being rejected. When you actually stand before the audience, your mind suddenly goes blank; the prepared content crumbles, leaving only the urge to end it as quickly as possible. This fear isn't because you lack ability, but because the brain automatically identifies public situations as high-risk. Psychologically, speaking in public means facing multiple gazes and evaluations simultaneously. Your performance is no longer a private conversation but is placed in a position to be compared and recorded. The brain quickly activates its self-monitoring system, constantly checking your speaking speed, facial expressions, posture, and word choice. This excessive monitoring consumes a lot of cognitive resources, making expression difficult. For some, past experiences of being interrupted, ridiculed, or rejected in classrooms, meetings, or at home link similar scenarios to shame and feelings of failure, so every public speech feels like a repetition of that old threat. What needs to be understood is that you're not afraid of speaking itself, but of losing control and the unpredictability of being evaluated. Your nervous system tries to warn you through tension, but this protection actually amplifies the pressure. The key to alleviating this fear lies not in striving for perfect performance, but in changing your understanding of the meaning of speaking. You are not being judged, but conveying a message. You don't need to say everything at once, nor do you need to satisfy everyone. You can allow incomplete sentences, pauses, and tension. Only when you shift your focus from yourself to the content and purpose can your tense body gradually relax. Public speaking is not a stage to prove your worth, but simply a process of expression. You don't need to eliminate fear to speak; you can say what you need to say even with tension.