I actually belong to the stutter and social anxiety community. I saw someone’s thread about having to give a presentation on a microphone to a crowd. Just wondering which is more intimidating…. a microphone or the crowd. I kinda think having a stutter definitely breeds some type of anxiety. I don’t have a stutter (my dh does) but for sure I have social anxiety and I’m also a group fitness instructor. I wonder which condition is worse? Maybe a stutter because SA you can hide it and people think you’re just standoffish, a snob, or avoidant. I’m neither of these. I’m friendly but am extremely self conscious of being judged. If I had to perform in front of this many people… I’d have an extremely hard time! That being said, a microphone doesn’t scare me. 1 or 100 people in the audience would.