Need advice for really bad pre stage anxiety that lasts all day/tour, does it get better?
Hope it’s ok to post here. I’m completely new to the touring world which I was extremely excited about but now that I started to do shows with my band, I get crippling anxiety as soon as I enter the venue that doesn’t subside after roughly the first or second song. I get extremely dizzy to the point where I have to hold onto something or sit all the way until the performance which is hours. As a vocalist i have to mingle a lot pre show (post show I’m usually fine)
Alcohol completely solves the problem but I don’t want to rely on that especially with 2 week tour runs, I can’t be drinking every night. My last show I had 2 drinks and it didn’t help much.
Has anyone experienced this and had it subside and get more subtle? It’s affecting my days after too, I get so sick after and have a headache from tensing up and feeling so bad.