I love acting, but I feel emotionally blocked. Has anyone dealt with this?
hello everyone! this is my first time posting here and i wanted to ask for some advice. kind of a long post, sorry.
i recently finished my first acting course, a 2-year theater program where i got to perform in four plays and work with different teachers and directors in my hometown. each production challenged me in different ways, but this last one was especially difficult because i also had to sing.
yesterday, at the end of the course, our teacher gave each student an individual evaluation. i left feeling a little disappointed with mine. most of the other students received very specific feedback, whether positive or negative, while i felt like there wasn’t much to say about me at all. the main thing i was told is that i need to have more confidence in myself and in my choices as an actor.
the thing is, during these past two years, i genuinely thought i was working on that. but now i’m realizing there’s still some kind of block inside me that i don’t fully understand or know how to break through. and because i want to pursue acting professionally, it’s starting to scare me a little. i’m worried this might be something fundamental that i’ll never overcome.
before acting, i went to film school, and afterward i started studying theater because i realized what i really wanted was to be in front of the camera. i truly love acting, being on stage, and the whole creative process. but lately i’ve been wondering if loving it is enough if i never become genuinely good at it.
has anyone here dealt with something similar? how did you work through self-doubt or emotional blocks in your acting? and at what point do you know whether to keep pushing forward or let it go?