Can I control my anxiousness/shaking?
I met my favorite celebrity ever, and I was shaking so much, I wasn’t even that nervous I don’t think!
I felt so awkward! Can shaky hands even be controlled?
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Depends.
Is it due to emotion or is is physical? My wife has shaky hands and it is worse controlling the tremors when people point it out to her. It is certainly a physical stimulus.
But, if it is emotional and only brought on by excitement I surmise that you could bring it under control by more exposure to that which makes you excited.
I’m not sure I don’t get like that with people I really admire…
Obviously your adrenaline must be in high gear combined with your anxiousness, etc. I guess like anything slow deep breaths could calm you down? Maybe calm the hands shaking just a bit… Because adrenaline is strong with humans.
Hey, if I meet someone I really admire and enjoy, it’s going to give me a rush. Just enjoy it and feel it. I’ve found the best way to get over the nerves is just immerse myself in the feel and go with it. Learn a few tricks like keeping your hands in your pockets so you can keep your palms dry. And remember one thing. They put their pants on one leg at a time and they pass gas too. They’re people just like you.
Back in 1988 my sister and I went to a Pistons game. She was a huge Dennis Rodman fan at the time and was bound and determined to meet him.
Her opportunity came when he was driving out of the parking lot and she ran in front of his Jeep. As if that weren’t embarrassing enough, he rolled down his window to talk to us and she totally froze! Hahahaha I apologized to him and swore that she wasn’t crazy. He was actually a hell of a nice guy.
I know this is in the general section but I do have a problem with shaky hands partly because of anxiety, partly because of an overdose – which some drunk strange woman found funny at one point whilst I was out celebrating my birthday last year with my brother. If it’s a physiological thing, then so far I’ve found out that it’s possible to grow out of it (it used to be my fingers were a little shaky, but anxiety has started the hands up as well since growing out of the initial shakiness of my youth.
@Adirondackwannabe seems to have the best approach to it if it’s just a psychological thing. It’s hard to balance the two when you have it mixed with a certain medical accident though.
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