I always get out of breath when I'm speaking in front of people. It feels like I keep breathing in and never really exhale. This is the main thing I struggle with when speaking. Do breathing techniques really work and when do you do them? During the presentation or prior? I'm tired of this, so if someone could help that would be great!

i had the same exact problem . my entire cardio system seem to go into an arrest which made me even more nervous . I am no expert and i would like to hear from someone with better experience on this subject but I know what helped me was to breathe in a very relaxed fashion before I was called to speak , otherwise everything was just all gummed up inside and in a momentary state of paralysis , not life threatening but it would make me just more neverous .