Miscellaneous: Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist...

By Chuffy - 04/11/2012 07:28 - United States - Fort Collins

Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist encouraged me to sing in front of a crowd, since I actually have a fine singing voice. I ended up fainting onstage, mid-song. FML

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By Sarri - 18/02/2014 02:13 - United States - Pembroke

Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML

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Karaoke night

By helluvasinger - 12/11/2009 11:00 - South Africa

Today, I went to a karaoke bar that my girlfriend works at. I'm a halfway decent singer, so I picked out a song we both liked and decided to give it a go. Halfway through the song I sneezed, tripped, fell off the stage and knocked myself out in front of my girlfriend and fifty bar patrons. FML

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By NickDrakeFan - 29/10/2013 01:57 - United States

Today, I overcame my stage fright and got up in front of a café audience with my acoustic guitar to sing a few of my songs. Some asshat kept yelling stuff like "NEEDS MORE COWBELL!" and "FREEBIRD!", which made me lose my nerve and flee. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/03/2015 18:20 - United States

Today, I had my first concert and was really anxious about screwing up my performance. Good news: I played fine. Bad news: as I walked off the stage, I tripped over my own feet, face-planted the floor, and busted my nose open. FML

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The Voice

By Stage Fright - 05/12/2022 00:00

Today, my roommate eavesdropped on me singing. When I realized he was there, he said I was "fucking incredible" and asked me to do another song. There's just one issue: I only sing well when I'm alone. The result was predictably bad. If it was possible to literally die of embarrassment, I wouldn't be writing this. FML

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Rock n roll star

By MarsMayFall - 12/09/2016 09:56 - United States

Today, I was performing for a fairly large crowd with my band. I decided it would look cool to stand on one of the speakers and sing from there. It did look pretty cool for a bit until I tried to step off and fell face-first on the floor mid-song. FML

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The Voice

By NotChadKrouger - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff

Today, I was auditioning for a talent show. I asked my girlfriend if I could sing to her before I went. She said sure. Thirty seconds in, she got up and mumbled, "You're only going to embarrass yourself." FML

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I love rock n roll

By Anonymous - 27/11/2022 14:00

Today, while I was singing a song with my guitar at a college open mic, my eyes started to burn, causing me to tear up and stop playing. Everyone in the audience thought I'd actually started to cry mid-performance. I ended up having to leave the stage teary-eyed and embarrassed myself in front of everyone. FML

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By musicmaniac13 - 18/03/2011 19:08 - France

Today, I performed in my school's choir concert. The girl next to me started to pass out, and I grabbed her so she wouldn't hit her head. After we were done performing and the curtains closed, my choir teacher dragged me off stage and said I was getting an F for "creating a distraction". FML

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By northernlass - 20/09/2010 04:47 - United States

Today, I was singing and playing keyboards with my band on stage at a club. A drunken chick from the crowd tried to climb up onto the stage in her heels, fell, and grabbed the back of my mic stand to catch herself. And busted me in the mouth with my own microphone. Then she requested a song. FML

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yogima 6

Sunday 4 November 2012 11:23

Screw that! You actually got onstage and started singing. I'd say that's making progress! Congrats, I wish you the best of luck.

Demonfish 14

Sunday 4 November 2012 11:16

I'm sorry OP, that really sucks :( Perhaps starting small would be a better idea, sing to your family, then to your friends, and work your way up, until you've joined a band or something :)

Comments

CaptNomNom 17

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:08

Don't worry! I'm as bad! Imagine them naked! Lolol

Posthuman 26

Sunday 4 November 2012 17:05

Boner alert! He really pictured them naked...

melody309 35

Sunday 4 November 2012 19:59

Except OP is a woman ...

Posthuman 26

Monday 5 November 2012 0:12

It was a song reference

hatesfate 6

Monday 5 November 2012 6:24

Still doesn't give her a penis.

emh86 14

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:22

Ohhhh dear, the therapists are arguing. Who do we vent to now..?

Sam38_H 4

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:25

It really was a knock out performance

yenidewi 11

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:31

hahhahahahhaha ....

Bliss391 7

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:36

Well good for you!!! You actually got up on stage and tried, And that's hard to do. I know you didn't have the outcome that you would have hoped for, but a lot of people wouldn't even have the courage to get up there and start singing in the first place.

doglover100 28

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:47

At least you got up on stage and tried.

Cairo_Sanchez 8

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:00

So you made some progress in going on stage and performing half a song, that's actually good. No one overcomes that sort of thing in one fail swoop.

brierpoop 4

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:13

aww, OP. social anxiety sucks. I understand how much it sucks :/ don't go back to that therapist.

doodlecloud 26

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:18

Well it sucks that you fainted and maybe throwing yourself in the deep end wasn't the best idea...but hey - you sang half a song on stage - that's brilliant! It's more than I could do. Be proud of yourself! Hopefully this is a slightly unorthodox beginning to you getting over your fears. If you managed to get up their and sing maybe just talking to someone else won't seem as scary compared, no?