Hot Topic, Covid-19. Self Employed Performers Guide to Looking After Your Mental Health During Isolation.
To all my fellow performers out there! I can feel the struggle not only to get this degree done but to re plan, re assess and re evaluate the situation you are in. For many of us, we are self employed and Covid-19 has thrown a curve ball our way! My inquiry for this module is to question, " Does the performing arts industry contribute to performers having mental health disorders, specifically body dysmorphia and anxiety ?" Not only for performers but for the entire world, there is an increase in anxiety due to the way this virus is causing us to change our lifestyle. For many freelance artists the next wage slip and performance work seems an infinite distance away. For me personally I have had to fly back from a dance job in Greece, this was hard on every performers mental well-being that day. Now back at home, I value how lucky I am as a performer to have a supportive family who can house me and help me financially, not every performer has that luxury. So I have be...