The New Generation- Now and Then

Fin · 09-21-2011, 02:35 AM

I know what you mean Albert. Training one's nerves and adrenaline is a fine art. Some people suffer more than others but it's something that affects many of even the best performers.

When I perform for certain friends I feel zero pressure, and as a result get little to no nerves. But performing for strangers I do sometimes get nerves and adrenaline that is hard to control and can make tough moves harder to perform well etc. I think the key to this is to realise that the only difference here is not actually WHO I am performing for, but how I am mentally preparing myself. By taking that approach I take when performing for friends; that mentality and state of mind; and basically pretending that this is exactly the same when I am performing for strangers, I can essentially fool myself into performing with much less nerves and feelings of pressure. I think this is key in mastering ones nerves/adrenaline. The pressure that causes nerves is coming from inside myself, not from the spectators. All our reactions to things are self taught. Just as one can self-cure, for instance, a phobia, one can also completely re-wire one's responses to other things

la0o9 · 09-21-2011, 04:54 AM

@Fin: i agree completely.

09-21-2011, 04:54 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	@Fin: i agree completely. __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

09-21-2011, 02:35 AM	#1
Fin Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 530	I know what you mean Albert. Training one's nerves and adrenaline is a fine art. Some people suffer more than others but it's something that affects many of even the best performers. When I perform for certain friends I feel zero pressure, and as a result get little to no nerves. But performing for strangers I do sometimes get nerves and adrenaline that is hard to control and can make tough moves harder to perform well etc. I think the key to this is to realise that the only difference here is not actually WHO I am performing for, but how I am mentally preparing myself. By taking that approach I take when performing for friends; that mentality and state of mind; and basically pretending that this is exactly the same when I am performing for strangers, I can essentially fool myself into performing with much less nerves and feelings of pressure. I think this is key in mastering ones nerves/adrenaline. The pressure that causes nerves is coming from inside myself, not from the spectators. All our reactions to things are self taught. Just as one can self-cure, for instance, a phobia, one can also completely re-wire one's responses to other things