What Is Fear Of Public Speaking? The fear of public speaking is one of the most common fears around and for some of us; it is also among the most powerful. There are many schools of thought on what exactly causes this intense fear of public speaking. For some, it can be related to other forms of social anxieties, fear of failure, fear of ridicule, fear of embarrassment but for others is may simply be speech anxiety or “glossophobia.” Glossobhobia stems from the combination of Greek words, glossa and phobos which mean tongue and fear.
