COMMOTION
Prompt - Commotion : Write about being overstimulated by a lot of chaos
I have got better with maturity, old age, call it what you will, but I still would not pretend to be good at dealing with chaotic situations. Too many sensory inputs at once can feel overwhelming. In part I put this down to my hearing, which has always had problems coping with loud and/or constant background noise, which can render it impossible for me to concentrate on the sounds I'm trying to listen to. Some of us are like that.
So I never feel completely comfortable in crowds, and rampant confusion can induce feelings of panic. Does that count as over-excitement?
I do remember being heavily pressured at work sometimes, which would lead to an overactive brain, making it impossible to sleep. During 1999, the most pressured year of my career, I probably resorted to downing bottles of wine a bit too often. (It's the only year when I've really put on much unwanted weight.)
Nowadays I let great music gigs provide my overstimulation! And watching a pro-Indy landslide unfold before my eyes...
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