Dr. Noah St John explains why public speaking ranks as the number one fear for adults, beating out even the fear of death. He shares stories of famous people who are surprisingly shy or introverted, revealing how common this anxiety really is.
Well, yeah. There's, I, I hope there's a lot of surprises in there. You know, like, we were talking about all the different stories of the celebrities and people like that, you know, that we all are familiar with, and you go, wow. I didn't realize that they were quiet. They were shy. They were introverted and so on. So I think that could be a big surprise for a lot of people. Another thing that is surprise is one of the things I touch on and actually spend quite a bit of time on is the fear of public speaking. Because as I'm sure we all know, the fear of public speaking is the number 1 fear of adults in, you know, certainly in the United States, but pretty much all around the world. And in fact, most surveys say that the fear of death is number 6, right? So in other words, people would rather die 5 times than speak in public.
