I just read an article about a guy who
controls his tourettes syndrome by doing stand up comedy – I always thought stand-up comedy ENCOURAGED people to cuss. But the article mentioned that this guy has gained self-confidence and educated people on the disease at the same time.
So what is it
about you that you can use for the stage? You don’t have something noticeable like Tourettes to talk about. . . maybe you have weird fears like the fear of swimming in the middle of the ocean and having a gigantic ocean liner pull up alongside you (okay, that’s one of mine) or you can even make up some little known phobia that you can pretend to have (it’s comedy remember? All doesn’t have to be true).
If you google
phobias you’ll find a list of about 100. . .obscure ones like Cleptophobia which is the fear of stealing . . .good to know if you’re dating a cleptomaniac, or Cyberphobia which is an excellent excuse for calling in sick to work because it is the fear of computers or working on a computer.
