Are you terrified of public speaking?

I sure am. Before presentations I'm nervous. My heart beats quickly, my breathing speeds up, and my palms get sweaty. When i talk when I'm nervous my voice shakes like I'm going to start crying at any second.

Now why would a person like me join a speech club? I don't really know. Everything I'm afraid of they do for fun. My best friend kinda forced me to, but I wanted to at first. I haven't really done anything school related since I started high school and I want to see how far I can push myself. I mean practice makes perfect right? I hope my doing this I can over come my fear of public speaking. But ever since I joined 3 days ago Ive been feeling constantly sick. Even as I write this I have a sick feeling in my stomach. I haven't even done anything yet and I'm already petrified of getting in front of people. We have a team practice this Saturday and I'm dreading it. I don't want to get up in front of all my friends and make myself look stupid. They are all actors who have done this before and are extremely outgoing.

As scared as I am about getting out there I feel like this is something I need to do.
Which is driving me crazy because as much as I want to throw up I cant back out.

If I don't do it, next week or years form now I could kick myself for not trying. It might be something I like or even something I'm good at.

There wasn't really a point to this, but it kinda made me feel better. If you have any tip on public speech I could use them. ha ha :)