![]() Acting is an attempt “to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature” (Hamlet, Act III, Sc. ![]() Despite no group differences in type and frequency of trauma and loss, the actor group had more unresolved mourning and elevated dissociation. This study demonstrated that the actor group (n = 41) had greater fantasy proneness and a greater distribution of psychological security (measured on the AAI) as compared with the nonartist control group (n = 41). Given this ability, we asked the question, do actors demonstrate increased psychological self–other awareness, including more resolution for past mourning, as compared with a control group? The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and three self-report instruments were used to determine emotional regulation, absorption/imagination, fantasy proneness, degree of resolution for past trauma and loss, and attachment classification. ![]() For actors, the imaginative psychological process of realizing the life of a character is fundamental.
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