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Anxiety never goes away Tldr" fear of public speaking came back again. as a teenager I managed to control my stutter quite well and j almost forgot about. until in final year at college they told us we had to do a presentation in front of the year group. my chest tightened and i Remember saying to myself how can I do that I have a stutter. 2 years later I did a speech course that helped so much but now it is 20 years on again and I got an email today asking me to be the lead on the joint video conference between offices at our monthly meeting. basically running the agenda. suddenly my chest tightened and all I can think about is how will I manage the situation? do I disclose the stammer st the at the start by saying something like "i have a stammer so thanks for the opportunity to face my fear of public speaking " or just plow through and do my best? it's scary how that anxiety came back though. out if nowhere I was reminded of that moment 22 years ago.