澄那シュトゥーダーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (澄那シュトゥーダーInstagram)「May is Mental Health Awareness month 💭 A few thoughts of mine, to honor the month of May... ...Classical Music is a complex & unique world to navigate professionally 🤔 This affects us musicians in various ways, and in my opinion, we don't get prepared enough for this highly competitive professional landscape by our mentors, schools and institutions... ...and that's just because it isn't traditionally included in the curriculum! 🤨 💡 I am familiar with the european music scene, the US music scene and a bit with the asian music scene. Culture and societal standards play a BIG role in how taboo mental health is treated as. 🎶 In the US, conversations are definitely the most open (from the above mentioned) when it comes to topics such as: 🖤 stage fright 🖤 task paralysis 🖤 anxiety & depression 🖤 imposter syndrome & perfectionism 🖤 healthy workspace environments 🖤 support of neurodivergent individuals 🖤 career pressures & expectations... ...and MANY more VERY common obstacles that affect the mental health for MANY musicians - especially young artists. I was positively shocked to find out that my alma mater @juilliardschool had in-house mental health counselors that students could talk to for free! And believe me - this was a very popular perk for us Juilliard students to take advantage of ☺️ Yet - the lack of an education on how & when to set boundaries, how to practice empathy on others & to oneself, how to "close" a stress cycle... it's something I feel could spare many artists of serious growing pains 🤯 In fact, I wish that musicians that famously endured depression, such as Beethoven, Schumann and Rachmaninov, could have had the research and options that many of us have now - but, sadly, they lived in different times. ⚠️ I'm curious to know what *your* experience has been in *your* part of the world. Have you had specific thoughts about these topics as well? How does your part of the world, your school, and the people around you support future generations? 🖤 Photo taken by the fabulous @abigelkralikphotography 🤗」5月14日 3時35分