Whenever I get extremely anxious my legs start to shake. This is mostly for whenever I have to do a presentation but recently I was in a situation where I was just introducing who I was with a group of strangers. It’s like mentally I’m really calm, but physically my body just doesn’t listen to me. I never used to shake when I was younger but now I literally can’t stop whenever I do public speaking. I know I’ll start shaking and that makes me even more nervous when I have to talk bc I know people will see me start to shake. Even though I know most people don’t really care what I have to say I still get really nervous. It’s like my entire surrounding starts to close in on me and everyone’s eyes are all on me.

This probably stems from the fact I had to move and it was really hard for me to make new friends. Around this time was when I noticed I started to shake even if I wasn’t presenting anything. 

I moved 2 years later and I’m way better now but it still affects me today. I always thought it was just normal anxiety but now I’m starting to think I might need some type of therapy or help to stop me from shaking. I don’t want to go my whole life being scared to talk in front of people.