Playing Scared (29 page)

in Freudian psychology,
(1)

origin of term,
(1)

perfectionism and,
(1)

in virtual reality therapy,
(1)

anxiety contagion,
(1)

anxiety disorders,
(1)
,
(2)
.
See also
social phobias

arachnophobics,
(1)
,
(2)

archery,
(1)

“The Archetypal Nature of Stage Fright” (Hayes),
(1)

Ariel Ministries,
(1)

Ashkenazy, Vladimir,
(1)

athletes and performance anxiety.
See
sports

attachment theory,
(1)

attentiveness,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
.
See also
mindfulness

audience, internal,
(1)
,
(2)

auditory cortex of brain,
(1)

Austen, Jane,
(1)
,
(2)

autonomic nervous system,
(1)

Awakening the Giant Within
(Robbins),
(1)

Ayduk, Ozlem,
(1)

aymat zibur
,
(1)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

author’s feelings about,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

English Suites
,
(1)

Gwynn and,
(1)

inventions,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in D Minor,
(1)

partitas,
(1)
,
(2)

preludes and fugues,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Rothman and,
(1)
,
(2)

Well-Tempered Clavier
,
(1)

badminton,
(1)

Bagatelles
(Tcherepnin),
(1)
,
(2)

Barron, Doug,
(1)

baseball,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

basketball,
(1)
,
(2)

Battenberg, Mrs. (Larry Smith’s teacher),
(1)
,
(2)

Beddoe, Amy,
(1)
,
(2)

Beebe, John,
(1)
,
(2)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Gwynn and,
(1)
,
(2)

Moonlight
Sonata,
(1)

Rosen and,
(1)

Schnabel and,
(1)

Sonata no. 32 in C Minor, op.
(1)
,
(2)

Waldstein
Sonata,
(1)

Begley, Sharon,
(1)

Beilock, Sian,
(1)

Ben (author’s son),
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Benjamin (
aymat zibur
sufferer),
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Berlin Academy of Music,
(1)

Bernard, Ethel,
(1)

Bernhardt, Sarah,
(1)

beta-blockers

author’s use of,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

Greene’s disapproval of,
(1)

memory formation and,
(1)

as performance enhancing drug,
(1)
,
(2)

prescribed for heart disease and blood pressure,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

refusal to use,
(1)

side effects,
(1)

used for performance anxiety,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)
,
(7)

beta-receptors,
(1)
,
(2)

beta waves,
(1)

Beth El-Keser Israel Congregation, New Haven, CT,
(1)

biofeedback,
(1)
,
(2)

biting the apple,
(1)

Black, James,
(1)
,
(2)

Blackmer, Corinne,
(1)

Blass, Steve,
(1)
,
(2)

BodyWave,
(1)

Bohm, David,
(1)

Boston Legal
(TV show),
(1)

Boulanger, Nadia,
(1)

Bowlby, John,
(1)

Brahms, Johannes

author’s feelings about,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

intermezzos,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Intermezzo in A Major,
(1)

Piano Concerto no.
(1)
,
(2)

piano trio,
(1)

rhapsodies,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Rhapsody in G Minor,
(1)

romanzes,
(1)

Romanze in F Major,
(1)
,
(2)

brain hemisphere balance,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

brain plasticity,
(1)
,
(2)

Brantigan, Charles,
(1)

Brantigan, Thomas,
(1)

breathing

fear and,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

in mindfulness and meditation,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

remembering,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

in tae kwon do,
(1)

as therapy,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Breeders’ Cup Classic,
(1)

Brockovich, Erin,
(1)

Bronstein, Raphael,
(1)

Brown, Eric,
(1)

Buddhists, Tibetan,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

bullet-proof approach to performance anxiety,
(1)

Burnett, Carol,
(1)
,
(2)

Burns, Tom,
(1)

Busia, Kofi,
(1)

Busia, Kofi Abrefa,
(1)

“But the World Goes Round” (Minnelli),
(1)

Callas, Maria,
(1)

Cambodian
khyal cap
,
(1)

Cambodian
pul meunuh
,
(1)
,
(2)

Campbell, Joseph,
(1)

Caruso, Enrico,
(1)

Casals, Pablo,
(1)

Castilano, Edward,
(1)
,
(2)

catecholamine storm,
(1)
,
(2)

Cats Estate,
(1)

centering,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Chalked Up
(Sey),
(1)

Chan, Angela,
(1)
,
(2)

Chaplin, Charlie,
(1)

Charney, David,
(1)

cheerleaders and mass hysteria,
(1)

Chen, Ellen Tryba,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Chen, Otis,
(1)

chicken heart,
(1)

childbirth,
(1)

childhood experiences and performance anxiety,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)
,
(7)

child prodigies,
(1)

chiroplasts,
(1)

Chiu, Frederic,
(1)

Chiyo Sakamoto (in
Memoirs of a Geisha
),
(1)

Chödrön, Pema,
(1)

Choke
(Beilock),
(1)

Chopin, Frédéric

Aunt Maddy and,
(1)

Étude in A Minor,
(1)

Kidder and,
(1)

Cicoria, Tony,
(1)

circus artists,
(1)

Claparède, Édouard,
(1)

claustrophobics,
(1)
,
(2)

Clemens, Clara,
(1)

coca leaves,
(1)

cognitive behavior therapy,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

cold feet,
(1)

Coleman, Ornette,
(1)

Colier, Nancy Shainberg,
(1)

Columbia College,
(1)

Columbia College radio station,
(1)

Comédie-Française, Paris,
(1)

concentration,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
.
See also
mindfulness

contextual therapy theory,
(1)

control-mastery theory,
(1)

conversion disorder,
(1)

Coria, Guillermo,
(1)

Cortot, Alfred,
(1)

cricket,
(1)

Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky),
(1)

Criticism, as institution,
(1)

crotch-grabbing on stage,
(1)

culture-specific variants of performance anxiety

Cambodian
khyal cap
,
(1)

Cambodian
pul meunuh
,
(1)
,
(2)

Indian
dhat
,
(1)
,
(2)

Japanese
taijin kyofusho
,
(1)
,
(2)

Jewish
aymat zibur
,
(1)

religious leadership,
(1)
,
(2)

dancers and perfectionism,
(1)
,
(2)

Danner, Blythe,
(1)

dartitis,
(1)

Davidson, Richard,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Davis, Miles,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Debussy, Claude

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
,
(1)

prelude played for Ellen Chen,
(1)

Reflets dans l’eau
,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Suite Bergamasque
,
(1)
,
(2)

deintegration and reintegration cycle,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

deintegrative anxiety,
(1)

design tolerances,
(1)

dhat
,
(1)
,
(2)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
,
(1)
,
(2)

Dickens, Charles,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Dickinson, Emily,
(1)

diving,
(1)

Dominus, Susan,
(1)

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,
(1)

drugs used to control anxiety

alcohol,
(1)
,
(2)

Amanita muscaria
,
(1)

amphetamines,
(1)

beta-blockers.
See
beta-blockers

coca leaves,
(1)

common prescription drugs,
(1)

hashish,
(1)

for soldiers,
(1)

stimulant medications,
(1)

valerian,
(1)

Xanax,
(1)

Drury Lane Theatre, London,
(1)

DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
,
(1)
,
(2)

Durkin, Tom,
(1)

Eastman School of Music,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique),
(1)

Eisenberg, Jesse,
(1)

Elizabeth Bennet (in
Pride and Prejudice
),
(1)

Ellen Olenska (in
The Age of Innocence
),
(1)

Elson, Margret,
(1)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing),
(1)
,
(2)

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT),
(1)

The Emotional Life of Your Brain
(Davidson and Begley),
(1)

emotion memory,
(1)

energy medicine,
(1)

epinephrine.
See
adrenaline

equestrians and perfectionism,
(1)

erection, psychological,
(1)

errors, designing for,
(1)

eugenics,
(1)

exposure therapy,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
.
See also
cognitive behavior therapy; extinction training; Solovitch, Sara

extinction training,
(1)
,
(2)
.
See also
exposure therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),
(1)
,
(2)

Ezekiel (
aymat zibur
sufferer),
(1)

failure and acceptance,
(1)

Fanselow, Michael,
(1)

fear.
See also
anxiety; stage fright

amygdala and,
(1)
,
(2)

attraction and,
(1)

of blushing,
(1)

of the community,
(1)

of a deformed body,
(1)

drugs to curtail.
See
drugs used to control anxiety

as excitement without breath,
(1)

exposure to.
See
exposure therapy

of eye-to-eye contact,
(1)

of interpersonal relations,
(1)
,
(2)

memory and,
(1)
,
(2)

of offending others,
(1)

of one’s own body odor,
(1)

Pema Chödrön on,
(1)

physiological response and,
(1)
,
(2)

of public speaking.
See
public speaking, fear of

social phobias,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

therapies and treatments for,
(1)
,
(2)

of urinating in presence of others,
(1)
,
(2)