Understanding Performance Anxiety: 3 Things Every Performer Should Know | Clinical Psychologist

Описание: If you've ever felt your heart racing before stepping on stage, palms sweating, or mind going blank - you're not alone. Performance anxiety affects up to 70% of professional performers, and it's not a sign of weakness.
In this video, I'm sharing three evidence-based insights about performance anxiety that will change how you understand and manage what's happening in your body and mind. ⏱️

🧠 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✅ Why performance anxiety is a nervous system response, not a character flaw
✅ The neuroscience behind stage fright (amygdala, fight-flight-freeze response)
✅ Why "just relax" doesn't work when your nervous system is already activated
✅ The Yerkes-Dodson Law: why optimal performance needs some arousal
✅ How past trauma can amplify performance anxiety and why it's treatable
✅ Evidence-based strategies that actually work (EMDR, trauma-focused CBT, somatic regulation)

💡 KEY TAKEAWAYS:
1. Anxiety is protective, not a flaw, work WITH your nervous system, not against it
2. Elite performers don't eliminate anxiety - they learn to regulate it
3. If your anxiety feels overwhelming, trauma may be underneath - and it's treatable

📄 WANT TO GO DEEPER? Read my full article on performance anxiety (includes research + references): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-watc...

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👋 ABOUT ME: I'm Dr Maja Jankowska, a Clinical & Counselling Psychologist (PhD, HCPC Registered, BPS Chartered) specialising in trauma and performance psychology for professional musicians, singers, actors, and stage performers.
My mission is to help performing artists understand the psychology behind performance anxiety and access evidence-based tools to perform with presence, freedom, and joy - not just survival mode.
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📚 REFERENCES MENTIONED: - Yerkes-Dodson Law (Yerkes & Dodson, 1908) - Polyvagal Theory (Porges, 2011) - Performance Anxiety Research (Kenny, 2011) - EMDR Therapy (Shapiro, 2018).

This video is for educational purposes and does not replace professional psychological support. If you're struggling with anxiety that's impacting your wellbeing or career, please seek support from a qualified mental health professional.
© Dr Maja Jankowska, Clinical & Counselling Psychologist