Meaning of performance anxiety | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anxiety or fear about performing in front of an audience; stage fright.
   uncountable, usually
2. A similar anxiety about the impressiveness of one's sexual performance.
   uncountable, usually
3. A similar anxiety about one's ability to urinate in the presence of others; paruresis.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“If someone can hear you, they can hear that you're not doing anything. It's a sort of performance anxiety that builds and feeds on itself.”

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