G'Day lovely people! I am in a quandry and I feel very torn. I am an actor and have been invited to audition for a play which doesn't start rehearsals until September this year. As PMR has stopped me doing anything for years I am wondering if I should risk auditioning? I am still on 8mgs (after five and a half years of PMR). This keeps aches and pains under control but my main symptom is fatigue. I KNOW that the key to beating PMR is patience and REST, of which I do LOTS every day. BUT I am wondering if the boost that auditioning and maybe even getting the part would be such a boon for my mental health I should risk it?
I know you can't really tell me what to do - just running it past you.........
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That sounds exciting for you…..and as you say may be the boost you need. As the rehearsals won’t be starting for some time, then hopefully you will be much better by September …so I would say, go for it.
Only you know how much effort you will need to put into the auditioning process…..but if you don’t give it a go, you may well regret it, so why not try?
I’d say break it down and first do the audition before you worry about anything else. *Enjoy* the idea of doing that rather than taint it with concern about everything else. See how it feels and if you get the part, think about the rest of it. I think that doing something that makes your soul sing adds to healing as well. Learning to trust life and our bodies again is jolly tricky! Nobody there will know when they audition what state they sill be in next Sept or even if they will be alive. All you know is what MIGHT cause a problem not that it will at your stage in the game.
I find my trouble is that I am nervous to do the things I used to do pre PMR. I am trying to do more things slowly. Perhaps you should try and slowly do extra things to build yourself up for the audition. It is a matter of confidence as well to a certain extent.
Brill, I hope it all goes well, we try to get to our local amateur dramatic productions as often as we can and have a GC who is also becoming very involved. They are always very good. As they say "break a leg". no idea where that expression comes from - must look it up.
“Theatrical types are well known for their belief in superstitions, or at least for their willingness to make a show of pretending to believe in them. The term 'break a leg' appears to come from the belief that one ought not to utter the words 'good luck' to an actor.By wishing someone bad luck, it is supposed that the opposite will occur. Other superstitions are that it is bad luck to whistle in a theatre, to say the final line of a play during dress rehearsal, or to say the name of 'the Scottish Play' (Macbeth) in a theatre's green room”….
In my experience making decisions from a place of fear never works our well. As some have stated…you won’t know until you try it. Understandably you don’t want to let others down if you’re not able to follow through on your commitment, but attempting something that you love may provide considerable benefits both mentally and physically. The sense of accomplishment and enjoyment experiencing your craft once again may trump any challenges you encounter. Indeed, it is YOUR decision but you’ll never know what could have been if you don’t try.
How exciting! Just like bad stress can be the trigger for our conditions to start or get worse, I think it’s possible that good stress can trigger a recovery. I would go for it Louisa! Join the living and audition, then concentrate on getting your fitness optimal. You can always negotiate for rest breaks etc. once they have committed to you. Good luck or break a leg rather. My guess is that your energy levels have already risen. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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