Hello.
I’m M21 and I’m in university. At the same time i am an extra at my local theatre.
Monday i had a casting with a group of total strangers and the director of the play told us to improvise a begging person. So i did that. Without question or without shame i acted like i was in pain, limping through the room going up to the girls (who would play customers at a market) and begging them for money. Easy peasy, not a big deal, i got the part.
Today i was in university and the professor told us we should find a partner, but we’d have to go together with somebody we did not know yet. (an exercise to get to know each other) It’s those kind of situations i freeze. I stood in the corner and watched everyone else find a partner. I would be left over and had to awkwardly be put into a group with two other people by the professor.
This made me question once again: Why are my social skills so twisted? I can do the hard thing with ease but if it comes to every day situations I’m lost. I think one reason is the playing of a role; In theatre I’m in a role and i know the role of the person next to me. In real life i don’t
How can i work on that problem, can you help me?
Thanks.
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I’m in theatre too and I experience the same thing, your explanation makes lots of sense but I think social anxiety when having to actually be yourself is normal. With beggar you have a base of what they act like and do, but it’s harder to have a base of what YOU do.