Places that scare me
There's a good book on this subject by Pema Chodron that I read from time to time and then momentarily imagine that I've had some earth-shattering insight into the meaning of life, love and the universe.
But this is my back of an envelope list of places that scare me.
Waiting Rooms - now is never the time there.
Communal Changing Rooms - at fifty you're invisible until you strip off - especially when you've had a mastectomy
Anything called a mall - I always emerge feeling mauled
Garages and services shops - again invisible, but now stupid too
Check in desks - I wonder when I finally check-out if someone will ask "did you pack the bag yourself?"
Drive Thrus - the only place you allow a disembodied, muffled voice to feed you!
Anywhere called a "homeland" - no-one else feels at home there.
Reality TV - if this is reality get me out of here!
But this is my back of an envelope list of places that scare me.
Waiting Rooms - now is never the time there.
Communal Changing Rooms - at fifty you're invisible until you strip off - especially when you've had a mastectomy
Anything called a mall - I always emerge feeling mauled
Garages and services shops - again invisible, but now stupid too
Check in desks - I wonder when I finally check-out if someone will ask "did you pack the bag yourself?"
Drive Thrus - the only place you allow a disembodied, muffled voice to feed you!
Anywhere called a "homeland" - no-one else feels at home there.
Reality TV - if this is reality get me out of here!
posted by apprentice at
10:37 am
5 Comments:
I exempt Paris, New York and Sydney but strange cities frighten me and large soulless office areas. Bulls and cows en masse,if I have to walk near them, fierce dogs, drunks and mad people.
Lots of scariness here; I know exactly how you feel!
Funny how we're scared of different things. Cows and dogs never bother me, I must give off some pack or alpha female vibe lol!
Weird.
And what scares us as individuals is interesting...
Ive been scared STIFF to speak up in staffrooms of self-opinionated teachers ( some, I hasten to add, are lovely)
BUT I can stand up with ease on a stage in a theatre and introduce a Famous Person...
Maybe it's about playing a role when you're on stage and being prepared and rehearsed, whereas one to one engagements in less formal settings are less predictable?
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