[thensome]

My normal way is very introverted, but I love burlesque and sideshow acts, and I'm pretty comfortable with being outgoing and confident when I'm in character.

The character is pretty much me but with most of my attention focused on performance, and the process of practicing and scheduling a performance makes me start getting into character with that group far before the actual show.

I think a big thing that performance has helped me with is the feeling that i have to change my personality. Now i feel more that i am practicing and performing a character based on my real personality, instead of trying to delete parts of it and replace them with more extroverted personality traits.