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In Reply to: RE: Exactly -- no big deal at all. Some guys get nervous even tho they're pros. nt posted by Rick W on September 23, 2014 at 11:20:27
What bothers me is when people recommend drugs for student amateurs or children who are nervous about performing. I know a musician who has become a self-annointed "performance anxiety" teacher/lecturer, giving seminars for a fee and the like, and she is very pro-drug.
I guess pros will do what they have to do, but to suggest amateurs or children take drugs for performance anxiety is ludicrous. A big benefit to studying music is to gain confidence in performing in public. Some people will never be entirely comfortable on stage, and careers in the performing arts are probably not for them, but they can still benefit from a taste of the experience -- without drugs, imo.
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Giving drugs to kids does seem misguided to me. I think the goal should be to overcome nervousness, not give up at an early age. Just like the rest of being a musician.........practice.Regarding adult usage, for me its a NON-issue. If after trying for decades you still can't overcome a nervousness that hinders your career, its neither criminal nor cheating to take a pill that alleviates stage fright.
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One of the great thing about being a kid is that it's the time when - hopefully - you're the most free of added chemicals. The exception would probably be sugar for a lot of kids, unfortunately. But hopefully this is a life without nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, uppers and downers and all the rest of it.As adults we can elect to go back to that state which we lived and enjoyed for years where we were virtually chemical free. We can elect to cut out nicotine, caffeine, alcohol and whatever else. Yes - society, billboards and everything else will bombard us with attempts to turn us into consumers of their products but we stlll can shape our own lives.
I know from other forums - e.g. a golf forum where people talk about solutions to anxiety in tournaments - that in the USA solutions are often in bottles. I'm saddened by this. I grew up in a family of doctors who stayed as clear as possible of chemicals - the word was "show me a drug with no side effects and I'll show you a drug that does nothing". Drugs have their place, but not as a go-to first port of call for issues about living life with all its ups and downs. Life is life.
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