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@Jaykaybb hi, welcome to cups 😊 it's ok to feel nauseous and stressed when it comes to being the center of attention. Is there any past negative experience or root to it? Was it started by a certain event or was it something of a slow confidence erosion as a result of someone's negative thoughts put on you? Also, if you want to overcome it, second best thing after exploring where it comes from and addressing it is reframing your thoughts. Chances are you are speaking for purpose of giving a presentation rather then having a court room speech. So there are two ways you can reframe it, whichever helps you more and matches the situation better:

1. If it is a school setting, and you just feel like all eyes are on you and everyone is judging you and you really wish you didn't have to talk and be there. Tell yourself noone is listening to you anyway except the teacher. Look around how many people are actually listening when someone else is presenting, and you will soon realise it is really just a few, and I can assure you, a part of them just zoned out in reality lost in thought and wants to go home thinking about dinner.

2. If your concern is noone is listening to you, or if you are in an environment where people aren't held against their will like at school, then the thing is, people want to hear you. You have a lot of interesting things to say and they are all there to hear about it. Think of it as them being there because they are curious and want to hear about what you have to say to them. So think of the crowd as your supportive friends, not enemy.