Lust vs Fear

We did a really effective exercise where we had to get into partners and stand opposite sides of the room in two lines, facing them. We then had to pretend to lust after our partner, but as soon as we touched we had to be completely afraid of them and imagine them as our biggest fear.

At first, we found this very hard to get into, as people were laughing because it was awkward and made us all feel uncomfortable. We had to keep doing it to get ourselves focused and mature about it. We then walked around the room and had to find our partner and get closer and closer to them and switch partners subtly, after running away from them. I was with Laura and we found it quite hard to lust after each other, but after a few times, it became less awkward and we started to just go with it. I then switched partners to Jack, when we were walking around the room and we had to get closer and closer to our partner. It was weird, seeing everyone else in the room getting so close to each other, but we were all being mature and trying to concentrate on the emotions. Then, as soon as Jack and I were facing each other and he put his hand behind my neck, he froze and I panicked and ran away from him.

It was really effective watching everyone's reactions because at first Emma was saying, sometimes, when you're scared of something, you don't run away immediately - you freeze or drop to the floor, so after we explored a lot more of how we actually behave when we are frightened, the exercise became a lot more effective and people around the room really started to feel the emotions. It didn't become awkward because everyone was doing it and it really helped to express your emotions and allowed you to feel the lust the man feels for the woman and the fear the woman has of letting the man get close to her. This also helps with our contemporary, as it allows us to feel the lust someone might have for someone else, but also the fear that is involved in Stockholm Syndrome.