You know...have to take a whiz and you are just standing there, waiting for it to come while all these jabronis are standing there and staring a hole through you?
Public speaking used to be my #1 fear. Then I had kids and realized that there are way worse things to be worried about, like pedophiles, serial killers and pedophile serial killers. That said, I have a script for a beta blocker (high blood pressure med) for when I have to give a big presentation. Works like a champ.
Happened to me at the Astrodome when I was a kid. The toilet, as I remember it, was just this very long trough that everyone peed in while standing next to each other. It had never happened to me before, but I walked up, whipped it out, and then nothing happened - and then I started to panic. Nothing came out and I just washed my hands like everything was normal then went back to my seat.
Your Brow Is Sweatin' And Your Mouth Gets Dry, Fancy People Go Driftin' By. The Moment Of Truth Is Right At Hand, Just One More Nightmare You Can Stand. See The Man With The Stage Fright Just Standin' Up There To Give It All His Might. He Got Caught In The Spotlight, But When We Get To The End He Wants To Start All Over Again.
I never have it. My level of confidence is probably objectively borderline irrational. But I am also an extreme extrovert on the Myers Briggs etc. tests.
Like... a decade ago... there was a bathroom with 5 empty urinals. I chose #4 of 5. The CEO who I never talked to, and everyone is scared of, comes in and chooses urinal #3. Not even a drop out of me. If something like that happened to me now though I wouldn't care. I have a different perspective.
