What makes you feel nervous?

I often represent clients in tribunals and occasionally county court.I get extremely nervous every time despite having done this for nearly 20 years!
I am generally ok with public speaking which I also have to do fairly often! but I do get anxious if I am delivering training?

I'm sure you will conduct the service with dignity and sensitivity ga but I can see why you are nervous.
I don't do anything that keeps me awake or gives me sweaty palms but I do get nervous of driving long journeys. Not sure why as with SatNav it's hard to get lost maybe it's fear of all those idiots on the road.

I do hope the service runs smoothly for you grannyactivist

I am always nervous when a client with a red flagged risk assessment arrives for a meeting which I know will upset them. The mask stays in place, and logically I know the panic alarm is in reach and other staff are nearby, but there is always a sweaty palm sensation.
Silly really, as the safeguards are always in place and when incidents have occurred they have never been in those controlled meeting situations.

I'm similar to you, ninathenanna. It's driving to somewhere new, especially if there's an appointment involved, that keeps me awake!

Housing officer’s house inspections, my bungalow is clean but my tummy churns when she goes into my bedroom , one’s bedroom is so private .

I'm sure it will all be fine GA but going to funerals makes me nervous even if I have no attachment to the deceased.

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I gave a friend who is a celebrant and she also worries about funerals. I suppose because everyone else is nervous and it really matters whereas mistakes are part of the fun for other celebrations.

You are understandably nervous about officiating at a funeral GA ( who wouldn't be?) Good luck with it, hope it goes well.
Had to chair a meeting recently at very short notice ( not huge about 30 people) and it was fine, but was nervous just before doing it.It was more the short notice than anything else, as ifI am prepared, then no problem.
Long drives to unknown places, especially if dark make me nervous, but thankfully don’t happen often.
Giving bad news to somebody also makes me nervous ( of their reaction I guess.)

Long journeys - I hate everything about it! Why do I go on holiday?

I worked for a brain injury team and the worst case scenarios are engraved on my memory.

I think you're right about the context kitty. Weddings and baptisms are such happy occasions that I'm sure a bit of humour will override any slip ups, also I do many more of those than I do funerals; the last funeral I took was an internment two years ago. This is being held at a crematorium that I've visited often, but never officiated at before. The daughter sent me a lovely reassuring email a couple of days ago, so I sense she understands how much it matters to me to get it right.

I'm sure you'll be fine - as you knew the deceased personally this will make your service very special to her family.

It's driving that makes me nervous these days as I do it so rarely - that and the fact that I've now got a much smaller car and engine so don't feel quite so confident in it any more. I have to go to London next week for work by train and plane and must admit I'm a little nervous of that - even though I've travelled on my own quite a bit it's been some time since I last did it. Also meeting new people there which is always a bit scary!

What makes me nervous? hospital appointments for my husband to see his Consultant always brings me out in a sweat.

Driving on a motorway or some dual carriage ways. If I am invited somewhere or have an appointment my first thought is the driving route and the day before I cannot sleep. This has been for the last 5 years.

I do not get nervous now, having stared death in the face nothing much can worry me.

Okay - I'm off to the crematorium now, sweaty palms, butterflies in tummy, dry mouth and all.

I hope it went well.

DD or DiLs going for baby scans, I'm so aware that things might not be perfect, awaiting the result of one now and fairly terrified.

Driving somewhere new does it for me, I have a small car, quite old but regularly serviced, but if something happens at 60 mph you’ve had it (and if you do less on certain roads you become a nuisance to others). I take a ‘scenic’ route wherever possible.

These days it seems everything makes me nervous

I am sure you will do great. If the family are pleased with what you have done so far I am sure it will be fine.
Good luck anyway and celebrate the persons life.

Going into the unknown. Not knowing what to expect makes me nervous. Yesterday, I went to choose some new glasses. I was so glad I had looked up what the shop had to offer first. By the time I entered the shop I knew what I needed by way of x2 pairs x1 clear glass with blue filter and x1 pair that will change to shades for summer. Both reduced thickness. It gave me more confidence to say.

Grannyactivist - will you let us know how it went? And thank you for sharing - we all have things which make us nervous, but don't always feel able to say so.

In days of yore (thankfully!) it was board meetings that brought on gentle tremors in me. I knew my subject inside out and my department was pretty streamline but there was always someone who managed the difficult 'put you on the spot' question. It took me a while to master the mature art of saying 'I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that but I will get back to you' instead of a cover-up fumble of words. I would go straight back to my department, find the facts, convey them directly to the questioner and then circulate a copy to all other board members. Didn't ever take all the colly wobbles away but certainly improved things for me. I'm so loving the joy of retirement. Busy but without pressure. Wonderful.

I think the key to any occasion, happy or sad, is the preparation. Seems that you have done all that needs to be done in advance so perhaps you can relax a bit now. You want to do your best and have done as much as possible in advance. I remember my fathers funeral, the priest kept getting his name wrong...........