26. Fear: What scares you a little? What do you feel when scared? How do you react?
I have a low tolerance for viewing violence. I don’t like it in person (sports, fights) or in media (movies, TV) and do whatever I can to avoid it.
When I was sixteen traveling with my high school French class, we were on a London tube train. While we were at a stop, I witnessed a violent scene. A thief began to escape on the platform, a man caught the thief but the thief retaliated by biting the inside of the hand of the hero. The thief would not let go, the hero was in pain and bleeding so he had to release the thief. I know that in the grand scheme of violence, this is not dramatic but it was enough for me. I felt sick and it has colored my response to violence.
I usually avoid violent media but occasionally there is an award winning show that does portray violence. If I’m watching on TV, I leave the room and ask my TV companion to call me in when it’s over. If I’m watching by myself, I fast forward. I just don’t see the point of watching violence. There’s enough people hurting other people, I just don’t want to see it.
