That said, it’s a decent “band aid” to a stage fright emergency.

The crux of the issue is – because stage fright and fear of public speaking is not caused by a virus or government conspiracy via microwave bursts – getting at the actual cause.

The actual cause is that there is Something Going On with respect to How someone is representing this particular task cognitively; that means there are voices and/or pictures or even movies “playing in the mind” that are creating the bad feelings.

Getting at the root of the problem makes sense, and while I also agree it’s best not to Assume the problem Will be conquered quickly, the reality is that major shifts in those internal processes effectively attack the problem at it’s root and can create quick results in mitigating or even eliminating stage fright and fear of public speaking.

In other words, yes it’s good not to Presume the problem will go away overnight, there’s no reason to be surprised if it does go away much more quickly and easily than previously estimated.

Best,
David Portney