Post by Kaylan-R on Sept 6, 2005 19:18:06 GMT 11
I bet you all know how magnifying lenses look like. Basically, magnifying lenses are a very special kind of lenses that are used to magnify things. I assume most people have seen HPATPOA? Well you know pf. Trelawlney then. Just look through it and you will gaze at an enormous world, but just take in consideration that the magnifying lenses which I refer to is a metaphor, okay?
Please, imagine the following scene:
A woman at kitchen. She is preparing her husband's dinner. All of sudden, a roach races right toward her. She screams at full lungs and ran away in total despair.
How come a little insect can cause a grown woman to react like that?
Surely, that belongs to the most strange assortment of phobias. Roachphobia, perhaps? I bet it exists, but known by a different name, I guess. Well, at least, I am sure you've already heard about arachnophobia, a theme already explored in movies.
Believe me, we are not going to talk about roachs and spiders.
I don't know much about the mechanisms that cause a woman to (over)react like that, but I am positive that our brains can play some tricks on ourselves. Brains are built-in natural pranksters. I, for instance, have known about a certain cousin of mine, the last element in a distant obscure branch of my parenthood-tree, who seem to be unable to leave her house. Panic syndrome, get it? I already confessed that I like to stay at home, alone. Social life is so overrated. I guess I know her feelings.
But this is not topic's centrepoint.
Sometimes we get to deal with feelings and situations said to be of too little importance by outsiders. We(*), on the other hand, can't do much. Helplessly, we can only overreact. That's why I mentioned the magnifying lenses. Fear, for instance, can be magnified, as well as it happens to a woman who sees a roach. I guess, internally, she magnifies the insect(her fear).
Kick-off question: Are you sure that the problems you have that you claim to be so big are really big? Perhaps, someone is in a worst condition.
(*) Perhaps, you won't feel like being included in the group. It's okay. Anyhow, "we" will still be numerous.
Okay - I've kinda rambled on - but what do you think of this subject?
Please, imagine the following scene:
A woman at kitchen. She is preparing her husband's dinner. All of sudden, a roach races right toward her. She screams at full lungs and ran away in total despair.
How come a little insect can cause a grown woman to react like that?
Surely, that belongs to the most strange assortment of phobias. Roachphobia, perhaps? I bet it exists, but known by a different name, I guess. Well, at least, I am sure you've already heard about arachnophobia, a theme already explored in movies.
Believe me, we are not going to talk about roachs and spiders.
I don't know much about the mechanisms that cause a woman to (over)react like that, but I am positive that our brains can play some tricks on ourselves. Brains are built-in natural pranksters. I, for instance, have known about a certain cousin of mine, the last element in a distant obscure branch of my parenthood-tree, who seem to be unable to leave her house. Panic syndrome, get it? I already confessed that I like to stay at home, alone. Social life is so overrated. I guess I know her feelings.
But this is not topic's centrepoint.
Sometimes we get to deal with feelings and situations said to be of too little importance by outsiders. We(*), on the other hand, can't do much. Helplessly, we can only overreact. That's why I mentioned the magnifying lenses. Fear, for instance, can be magnified, as well as it happens to a woman who sees a roach. I guess, internally, she magnifies the insect(her fear).
Kick-off question: Are you sure that the problems you have that you claim to be so big are really big? Perhaps, someone is in a worst condition.
(*) Perhaps, you won't feel like being included in the group. It's okay. Anyhow, "we" will still be numerous.
Okay - I've kinda rambled on - but what do you think of this subject?
