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When you do something scary or stressful — bungee jumping, public speaking, etc. — do you prefer to be surrounded by friends or by strangers? Why?
Aside from my husband; he’s allowed everywhere with me. I would rather do scary or stressful things in the midst of strangers because I keep a stiff upper lip far easier with strangers than if I am surrounded by friends or family. My friends and family would serve as too much of a distraction and that would pull the focus off the task at hand. I love my family and I love being with my friends, but since I don’t do stress or scary very well, I would much prefer the anonymity of strangers; no expectations, no pressure and no feedback.
I am writing this post envisioning the idea of bungee jumping and how if my family were present, I would not be handling the whole situation very well. I have a serious fear of heights and being surrounded by strangers might be the only way that I could focus my fear into a place where it would serve as adrenaline instead of a paralytic emotional response.
Some people do well with stress and scary situations; I unfortunately don’t, so I try to order my life in such a way as to mitigate the amounts of stress and scary that occur in my daily life.
I’m totally with you on NOT bungee jumping. Of course as I’m typing this, the Amazing Race is on and the final obstacle was parachuting. I think that I’d take that over bungee jumping.
I just clicked by Amazing Race and I don’t even know about the parachute thing either. π
I am constantly surprised by how alike we are! I hate being afraid.
I love the fact that we seem to be like two peas in a pod; we would be so comfortable just being together. π Being afraid is definitely something that I could do very well without.
Yes! I don’t see the attraction of horror movies and fairground rides. Life is scary enough without adding voluntarily to the fear π
Exactly π