Sunday, November 13, 2011

Fear Result -

Now, with all the fear presentations done and over with, the reaction of what I got for my fear - arachnophobia was more pleasant than not. It seems like a few peers amongst the group shared such distaste for those damn critters, and I got a good scream out of one or two of them. Perhaps my presentation didn't give as much kick as I thought it would; I went with a scientific approach, and in the situation the fear got toned down as a result of me describing the effects of it before presenting it to their dismay.

Sigh.

Perhaps it would have been better to ask someone to bring in a giant spider to scare the bejeezus out of people - but I know for sure that if someone did bring one, I would certainly be unable to attend class at all, as long as that atrocious thing is in it.

The double-edged sword of bringing in something I fear, I'm afraid.

As for the presentation that I responded most strongly to, I believe it was the one in which a particular fellow brought in drugs, describing his inability to cope with himself - and was then forced to use drugs to alleviate suicidal tendencies and such. That presentation got a strong response from other people too, especially when people chimed in to share their emotions - I believe one girl cried after recalling a rather traumatic experience which fell in relation to the person's presentation, leaving a stronger impact by itself.