“If you have no anxiety”, the actress Standing Aparna Nancherla Riffs on stage, “the way I describe it is, like, an annoyed improvisation group in your brain and he just needs a suggestion of a word to run, like countless scenarios with whom no one with whom no one is comfortable.”
Nancherla’s franchise on this life experience is the way she landed at the “anxiety club”, a new documentary on the Jolt streaming platform. The film plunges into the subject of anxiety, taking a look closely and often uncomfortable on the way it manifests itself, what it feel like In the body and the brain and the ways to face – all from the point of view of the actors of work. He follows Nancherla as well as Tiffany Jenkins, Mark Normand, Joe List, Marc Maron, Baron Vaughn and Eva Victor on the stage and out of the stage while they sail by writing and interpreting comedy, meetings and marriage, taking care of young children and advising friends who also have anxiety.
Anxiety affects more than 300 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. The filmmaker Wendy Lobel says that she had a hard time anxiety the majority of her adult life and wanted to make a film on the subject that would disarm viewers with humor to help promote understanding and healing.
“I think that people can get involved with this subject – whether they have anxiety or love someone with him – it’s easier when he is packed by comedy,” says Lobel.
Despite the popular perception, the actors do not necessarily suffer more anxiety than the general population, explains the clinical psychologist Idiko Tabori, specializing in the treatment of actors. But they are only qualified to communicate the anxious experience, she says.
“The actors are spokesperson for society,” explains Tabori. “They are essentially our verification of reality, transmitting experiences of the real world, with a funny curved, and putting it on a scene where you can connect with them.”
In the film, Tabori adds: “These actors will show that you can continue to work, even with your anxiety. You can continue to play, you can live your life. And you can use it to your advantage instead of doing it hostage to do the things you want to achieve in life. ”
We talked to four of the film’s actors who offered personal anecdotes and advice to deal with anxiety.
This interview was slightly modified for length and clarity.
