Miscellaneous: Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist...

By Chuffy - 04/11/2012 07:28 - United States - Fort Collins

Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist encouraged me to sing in front of a crowd, since I actually have a fine singing voice. I ended up fainting onstage, mid-song. FML

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By Sarri - 18/02/2014 02:13 - United States - Pembroke

Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML

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By helluvasinger - 12/11/2009 11:00 - South Africa

Today, I went to a karaoke bar that my girlfriend works at. I'm a halfway decent singer, so I picked out a song we both liked and decided to give it a go. Halfway through the song I sneezed, tripped, fell off the stage and knocked myself out in front of my girlfriend and fifty bar patrons. FML

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By NickDrakeFan - 29/10/2013 01:57 - United States

Today, I overcame my stage fright and got up in front of a café audience with my acoustic guitar to sing a few of my songs. Some asshat kept yelling stuff like "NEEDS MORE COWBELL!" and "FREEBIRD!", which made me lose my nerve and flee. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/03/2015 18:20 - United States

Today, I had my first concert and was really anxious about screwing up my performance. Good news: I played fine. Bad news: as I walked off the stage, I tripped over my own feet, face-planted the floor, and busted my nose open. FML

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The Voice

By Stage Fright - 05/12/2022 00:00

Today, my roommate eavesdropped on me singing. When I realized he was there, he said I was "fucking incredible" and asked me to do another song. There's just one issue: I only sing well when I'm alone. The result was predictably bad. If it was possible to literally die of embarrassment, I wouldn't be writing this. FML

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Rock n roll star

By MarsMayFall - 12/09/2016 09:56 - United States

Today, I was performing for a fairly large crowd with my band. I decided it would look cool to stand on one of the speakers and sing from there. It did look pretty cool for a bit until I tried to step off and fell face-first on the floor mid-song. FML

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The Voice

By NotChadKrouger - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff

Today, I was auditioning for a talent show. I asked my girlfriend if I could sing to her before I went. She said sure. Thirty seconds in, she got up and mumbled, "You're only going to embarrass yourself." FML

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I love rock n roll

By Anonymous - 27/11/2022 14:00

Today, while I was singing a song with my guitar at a college open mic, my eyes started to burn, causing me to tear up and stop playing. Everyone in the audience thought I'd actually started to cry mid-performance. I ended up having to leave the stage teary-eyed and embarrassed myself in front of everyone. FML

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It's all so quiet…

By Louis - 13/11/2024 22:00 - Australia

Today, I finally felt brave enough to sing karaoke in public. I was halfway through the song when the restaurant’s power went out, leaving me singing my heart out in the dark. FML

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Glee

By musicmaniac13 - 18/03/2011 19:08 - France

Today, I performed in my school's choir concert. The girl next to me started to pass out, and I grabbed her so she wouldn't hit her head. After we were done performing and the curtains closed, my choir teacher dragged me off stage and said I was getting an F for "creating a distraction". FML

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yogima 6

Sunday 4 November 2012 11:23

Screw that! You actually got onstage and started singing. I'd say that's making progress! Congrats, I wish you the best of luck.

Demonfish 14

Sunday 4 November 2012 11:16

I'm sorry OP, that really sucks :( Perhaps starting small would be a better idea, sing to your family, then to your friends, and work your way up, until you've joined a band or something :)

Comments

CaptNomNom 17

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:08

Don't worry! I'm as bad! Imagine them naked! Lolol

Posthuman 26

Sunday 4 November 2012 17:05

Boner alert! He really pictured them naked...

melody309 35

Sunday 4 November 2012 19:59

Except OP is a woman ...

Posthuman 26

Monday 5 November 2012 0:12

It was a song reference

hatesfate 6

Monday 5 November 2012 6:24

Still doesn't give her a penis.

emh86 14

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:22

Ohhhh dear, the therapists are arguing. Who do we vent to now..?

Sam38_H 4

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:25

It really was a knock out performance

yenidewi 11

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:31

hahhahahahhaha ....

Bliss391 7

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:36

Well good for you!!! You actually got up on stage and tried, And that's hard to do. I know you didn't have the outcome that you would have hoped for, but a lot of people wouldn't even have the courage to get up there and start singing in the first place.

doglover100 28

Sunday 4 November 2012 12:47

At least you got up on stage and tried.

Cairo_Sanchez 8

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:00

So you made some progress in going on stage and performing half a song, that's actually good. No one overcomes that sort of thing in one fail swoop.

brierpoop 4

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:13

aww, OP. social anxiety sucks. I understand how much it sucks :/ don't go back to that therapist.

doodlecloud 26

Sunday 4 November 2012 13:18

Well it sucks that you fainted and maybe throwing yourself in the deep end wasn't the best idea...but hey - you sang half a song on stage - that's brilliant! It's more than I could do. Be proud of yourself! Hopefully this is a slightly unorthodox beginning to you getting over your fears. If you managed to get up their and sing maybe just talking to someone else won't seem as scary compared, no?