I'm a bit weird in this regard, public speaking has never been a problem for me. In fact I thoroughly enjoy myself on stage (joined toastmasters last week) without a bit off fear, I'm having the time off my life when I'm on stage which is pretty awesome.
Now comes the weird part, as soon as I have to talk to someone individually I freeze up. Calling someone over the phone? What people feel right before they have to go on stage, I feel right before calling. The same goes for stupid stuff like asking for directions on the street. The strangest thing is that if I'm in a big group off people I fear speaking up about something, yet giving a speech is easy and enjoyable.
Somehow I managed to convince my subconscious that 'strangers' are scary but public speaking is easy...
Had a job for a few weeks as a charity worker, had to go on the street and open people, giving a short presentation and then asking if they want to donate some money. Scariest thing I did in my life, worked for about 10 days (4 hour days) and talked to a load off people. Problem was that it barely carried over to other parts off my life and the fear remained, it was better for some time but I stopped talking to people again after a while and it returned again.
Really need to get out and do something similar again, bleh already nervous...
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