Most shy people try to avoid activities that trigger their shyness at all costs. This is a frequent mistake, since to overcome shyness you have to face the most uncomfortable situations. And one of the best techniques to overcome shyness is drama. We tell you how theater can help you stop being so shy.
Benefits of theater for shyness
- The first step to discover the benefits of theater for shyness is to forget about prejudices and make the decision to sign up for a theater workshop. You have doubts? We assure you that you will not regret it, because it is one of the most effective methods to stop being shy. The reasons are several.
- Socialize. Signing up for a theater workshop helps you to be more sociable because it forces you to share your time with other people, with your theater partners. Little by little you will develop your social skills without realizing it and almost without effort, since you will be in a relaxed and familiar environment.
- Improve self-esteem. When you do an activity that makes you feel better, you are improving your self-esteem. You thought you weren’t going to be able to learn your role and you have; You thought that you were not going to be able to enjoy being with a group of people and you have. Because you are capable and worth more than you imagine.
- Public speaking. One of the great fears of shy people is speaking in public. The theater teaches you to practice your diction and your speech out loud, something that will be very helpful if you transfer it to your work. Now you know how to emphasize what you say, where to put your energy, and how to cover up your weaknesses when speaking.
- Communication. Not only verbal communication is benefited by the theater, but also body language. Theater teaches you to transmit an infinite number of things with your body, to show yourself more accessible to others, to move with more confidence and to transmit what you want to transmit. Remember that we are not as transparent as we think and that our body language will say what we want it to say.
- Emotions. If you are tired of blushing when someone says something to you, of noticing tachycardia in moments of greatest anxiety or dream of forgetting all those negative emotions that shyness generates, in the theater you will find the perfect ally. Because theater teaches you to control your emotions and let out only what you want to convey.