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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, I gathered the courage to sing karaoke after saying no for years. The lyrics screen froze halfway through the song, and everyone expected me to keep going from memory since I picked it. It turns out I only knew the chorus. I hummed for an entire verse as bemused strangers politely clapped along. FML
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
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
Today, during an important music audition, I fudged everything up and forgot half the lyrics of the song I was performing, so I just sort of tailed off into embarrassed silence on stage. It was an original song, I wrote the lyrics myself. All the lady could say was, "Good luck next year, dear." FML
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Top comments
yogima 6
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
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 :)
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Comments (97)
Jag_v 7
Take it easy.You are half there already.
THE_A_TEEN 28
Oh look, another douchebag.
nhooks 2
Take martial arts lessons. A good martial arts school (besides teaching good self-defense) will help you get past your social anxiety. It's one of the top activities for building self-confidence.
ratorr2 23
You're braver than I am. You would have never been able to drag me up on that stage to sing in front of everyone. Good for you! I've learned to live with my S.A. and get around it when I can. I hope you can find peace with yours.
YeniDewie 0
that's what they call, 'cold turkey therapy' ... sometimes it works, for u it doesn't work ... hehhe ...
Lucky1990 1
Did you die? No. So it was a good experience...a necessary evil. Next time you will find yourself in front of 2-3 people it will seem like nothing compared to what you just went through. That therapist is fixing you up the hard way, but also the most effective way.
OverBlossomed 22
Sounds like you need a new therapist.
Tristessa18 4
Your therapist is an idiot. Small steps are much more logical.
Techtacular 0
You're therapist isn't very smart.
Jaguwar 1
OH NO! I'm so sorry! You should try again, though. Seriously. Maybe in an environment with less pressure, though, like a karaoke bar or something. Or among friends, at least.