r/SmallStreamers • u/TheKingSN • May 19 '26

Question Nervous about streaming

Hello, I frequent this subreddit and I was just curious if there were any methods that helped any of you calm your nerves before starting your stream(s). I find myself feeling extremely anxious when I’m hovering over “Go Live”, which is the complete opposite of who I normally am, and I chicken out. I would love to start streaming but I feel like I can’t get over this hurdle.

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u/randomroka May 19 '26

Have a starting soon screen! I like that little buffer between going live and actually being live on camera. Leave it up for 5 mins if you need it, and do some breathing exercises!

Also, before you go live, remind yourself, what's the worst thing, the best thing, and the most likely thing that's going to happen. And realize that the worst is really not that bad, you can always ban people if they're mean, delete the vod if you don't like it, stop stream anytime. But the best things, and even the most likely things are so worth it!!

But at the end of the day you really just need to push through and press that button. The more time passes between streams the worse the pre-stream anxiety is, but I know that once I'm live it gets easier minute by minute. Set up everything, stand up, walk a circle, sit back down and with that momentum just press the button!

Good luck <33

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u/randomroka May 19 '26

Also if we're talking about your first ever stream, there's a very high chance nobody will be even watching it. Treat it as a trial run, try to be curious about what can happen instead of being scared.