How Theater Negatively Affects Ones Mental Health

How Theater Negatively Affects Ones Mental Health

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While theatre can be a good outlet for those who need distraction or do not have many limitations. There are lots of place that theatre effects someone negatively through mental health. because theatre takes the person (actor) and exhausts them from their time and relationships. It also takes a toll on them emotionally, and it makes them push their physical bodies beyond limits.
Those who take part in theatre have relationships just like the average person. A lot of the time what tends to happen is their relationships with family friends or significant others can be hindered. Their time is constantly being consumed by hours, day and sometimes even years of auditions, rehearsal, and shows. Time is the most hindrance to actors’ mental health. According to (fill in the blank) an actor can be away from the people they are closest to for up to blank hours day or years).

Theatre can affect someone’s emotional mental health because an actor is given a character that they must portray and take one the characters emotions, behaviors, and even mental state. Actors usually play characters that are far from their own personality. Sometimes the characters being portrayed are villains or bad guys, even underdogs. Nothing wrong with those characters. It just can be emotionally exhausting to always play the villain if in the real world you are typically a nice person. Another key opponent is that because the actors play the characters for such an extended period they can become so emotionally attached to their character and could compromise their own character for the ones that they are acting out.
The last way that will brought up today is that theater can affect someone’s mental health through the physical aspect. By that meaning, these actors are on go from the time they step foot into an audition, to the time they are cast, all the way until they complete the production. Their bodies are put through so much. Lots of actors have other talents such as dancing and singing that make them more valuable to the theatre world. Talent is not always the best thing, that means exhausting the body more through movements and vocal cords. Also, it is common for directors to have their actors learn a skill and/or stunt for their role. This can lead to injury or even just strain on the body. Without proper rest, this can lead to injuries worsening or becoming a grater issue.