The Dreaded Public Speaking

Sadly enough, I have only delivered two speeches in my entire life. Both of these speeches were delivered in school, in front of my best friends, yet I was still horrified and so nervous that I thought that I might pass out. After hearing that you probably can figure out that I dislike public speaking. Although, I have never had any coaching or pointers what so ever on public speaking, I don't think that, even with the best coaching in the world I will ever be a good public speaker. I believe that it is a talent that you are born with or without, in my case. I might be able to practice and know my speech cold, but as soon as it is time to deliver it in front of a crowd, the switch turns off and I freeze. My first speech was my freshman year of high school, and it turned out to be a complete disaster. I forgot like a third of my speech and after a few seconds, I was sweating profusely, and my lame performance received B, when this assignment was supposed to have been a gimme A.