text: how do you get rid of nervousness? what ever the reason, is there anything you can do to get rid of that rock-in-the-gut feeling of being nervous? don't look for a quick solution like medications (unless if you consider your nervousness bad enough to need medications as a side treatment). the answer for the relief of nervousness, same as any other psychological problem, is to find out what is causing it. what goes through your mind when this is happening? monitor your thought patterns. don't try to change anything or think or feel differently, that only makes things worse. your only job is to realise what is happening, what goes through your mind exactly. at times this will give you an instant relief. at other times the problem is much deeper and more chronic, and realising what you are thinking does not make the problem go away straight away. but even though you may not realise it, doing this will gradually make those forces inside you weaker and weaker everytime you monitor those thoughts. after a while you will realise that the nervousness is not that intense anymore and if you keep going it will be completely resolved.   usually monitoring your thoughts will give you much much more than you bargained for. realising one little thing could lead to realising other things and before you know it you can have much more overall life satisfaction...