Thankfully not. When I used to sing in a group I got nervous, but did not suffer from stage fright. I can also happily speak in front of a group - I am usually nervous at first - but once I get a laugh I am all good! :)

YESSSSSSSSS! I had to shell out $8000 to cure it.

When I was a kid, we had to do a play with Barney. [Dear god I know.] Some had solos, I was one to have a solo... I got so scared that I pissed my pants. Then started to cry, my teacher had to take me off stage. LOL! I would have tried to block that out of my head BUT... My mother got everything on video. How great is that?

yeah and still do.

YES!! I am actually awful. I play piano and no one has ever heard me play properly because i just can't do it in front of people let alone on stage. Yesterday one of my best friend asked me to play while he listened on the phone and i completely screwed up a really really easy piece that i have played perfectly countless times before. Everyone that hears me must think i suck. I'm honestly not being arrogant, but i know that i'm good! I can play grade 7 without any guidance! It's just as soon as someone starts listening i tremble, then freeze, then blank, then feel ill and that horrible twisting sensation in the stomach. And This is only for piano (my best skill!) think of what other stuff is like.!!! :-(

One time, i was giving a presentation in front of about 30 people (nothing to serious) and my mind lapsed. I was supposed to introduce the other members of my group, but i could not remember their names to save my life. Ever since that day i have been a great speaker. That experience somehow changed my life...sorta.

No, luckily that is one affliction that I am not cursed with. I'm pretty comfortable in front of crowds and performing in front of an audience.

For ten years! After the performance is over I kind of forget how bad it was, but before a performance I don't know what to do with myself (breathing quickens, hands get cold and clammy, I feel this sense of dread and doubt and I don't want to do it anymore). It's kind of like being on top of a really high diving board and I am shit scared to jump off. But I sing and play piano at church so when mass starts, I start. I never sing or play as well as I do at home and I've developed like a compulsive nervous swallowing urge where I need to swallow during phrases. I've seen a speech therapist and counsellor about the swallowing/nerves and at times it improves a little but then it comes back. I am full of doubts before and during a performance and cannot block out the fact that so many people can hear me and if I fuck up they'll all notice (part of me almost dares myself to stuff up...I call it self sabotage). I'm probably shortening my life from the stress! Anyway, I keep doing it once a week and the only thing that ever seems to help is doing something new (like singing in front of new people and getting out there and getting comfortable with people...but as soon as I get comfortable my self doubt comes back). So long story short, YES!