Not any more. Listening to the music gives me confidence in a weird way. And it completely takes my mind off the usual panic and fear of asking for anything. Have you watched the kings speech ? They used a method of making king George wear headphones and listen to music really loud and they ask him to read from a book. After that they played a recording of him reading the book and he spoke flawlessly. Distraction therapy is what I would call it if it needed a name!