The Importance of Empathy in Public Speaking

I have to be very careful when I talk to some of my friends who are comedians who are anxious in that way because I'm hugely blessed in that my mind doesn't work like that. Very, very rarely do I have those kind of thoughts. It's not like it takes a bit of a running jump and I've got very nervous yesterday about the idea of being here. And I think part of it is because you can't help but think people listening oh shut up. There's not much I can do about that. But I really do feel as if it's beneficial people talking about it. Yeah I've never talked about this one here but my dad has depression  and he