Learned helplessness - Music performance anxiety
*After much effort and dedication, Inkeri graduated with honours as a Master in oboe performance. "Great performer, self-confident and very expressive" - that is how her teachers and classmates would describe her. Inkeri felt competent in the oboe and she could not remember having experienced music performance anxiety even in high-stress situations such as jury examinations or her graduation recital. Inkeri started to audition for a position in national and international orchestras. Despite her multiple attempts, she did not manage to secure one. The recruitment processes were very demanding. In every audition, she had to compete with at least 30 other oboe players. Divided by a visual barrier (a common practice use to avoid juries' visual biases), she had to impress juries playing between 5-10 minutos without any feedback. Eventually, the constant negative responses got to her. Unlike before, she started to feel worried about upcoming auditions and thinking she would fa...