Performance Anxiety

Many individuals have faced anxiety and nervousness before a big test or performance. Usually, stage performers experience this anxiety, but it also includes a fear of performing on exams, performing sexually, and performing in sports. It can be considered an anxiety of evaluation [1] or a fear of failing, which hurts a person and their performance. Some authors have attempted to make a framework to explain the relationship between performance anxiety causes, coping, and outcomes [6]. Often, the voice shames a person before others can, and it wants them to avoid situations with high chances of ridicule [9]. It becomes debilitating and often stems from their inner critic trying to convince them they are not good enough. P. Gilbert and S. Procter, “Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self-criticism: Overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach,” Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy , vol.