Dark angel
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I was in acting class today and we formed a circle to speak about everything we have done so far in class. Among the conversation the theme of shyness came into the picture and the professor said that sometimes, shy people are the best actors. He also mentioned how important it is for people who are like this to leave shyness at home in our intimacy at the time we are representing on stage. All of the sudden this girl started saying that she couldn't understand how some people complain about missing on opportunities? She started saying that if an opportunity comes along you have to grab it and hold on to it- which I agree a 100% with her. But then she started talking about her two best friends and how shy they were and they didn't dare to do somethings because of their shyness. She started questioning why shy people do not dare to do things on their own and said that nothing is stopping us from performing or doing what we want. She also said that in her case she dares to anything that comes along and that she isn't afraid of what others think. Of course, this girl can be confident because her physical features are very attractive... she is of white complexion, blond, lean, beautiful smile. Anyone with that description will obviously have nothing to be afraid of because that's what most people(not everyone but the majority) tend to like and go for. People like her do not suffer from rejection and humiliation.
I got mad because while she was talking about shyness pretending that she knew it all about it, I felt she was talking about me all the time(we do not know each other, I just felt identified). It is quite obvious she has never faced rejection and CLEARLY does not understand how FEAR can paralyze you to the extreme of not being able to walk, talk, or performing right through. Shy people does not miss on opportunities because we want to, it is FEAR that overcomes our empowerment and judgement and inhibit us from being who we really are. I wanted to talk but FEAR got in the way because I was very emotional, I knew that if I said one word I would start to cry, because this let me know that nobody understand what we go through in our minds. It is very easy to say " why you just won't do it" but another different thing is to see right through a persons eyes and understand what he/she has gone through to act the way we do and not being able to manage with the sensation of being almost a failure. It is those things that do not allow us to be behave the way people like her do.
I got mad because while she was talking about shyness pretending that she knew it all about it, I felt she was talking about me all the time(we do not know each other, I just felt identified). It is quite obvious she has never faced rejection and CLEARLY does not understand how FEAR can paralyze you to the extreme of not being able to walk, talk, or performing right through. Shy people does not miss on opportunities because we want to, it is FEAR that overcomes our empowerment and judgement and inhibit us from being who we really are. I wanted to talk but FEAR got in the way because I was very emotional, I knew that if I said one word I would start to cry, because this let me know that nobody understand what we go through in our minds. It is very easy to say " why you just won't do it" but another different thing is to see right through a persons eyes and understand what he/she has gone through to act the way we do and not being able to manage with the sensation of being almost a failure. It is those things that do not allow us to be behave the way people like her do.
! Show her how awesome we can really be! We are people too and deserve to be treated as such! Good luck with your acting and sorry for having to be subject to her!
