Fear
I believe fear is the moment in your life when you respond to a stimulus without thought. I think of both my fear of small spaces and small creatures when I consider fear.
I will conduct an experiment where I will scare a volunteer with a box that is empty. The box has a trap door where I will grab the volunteer’s hand to simulate the shock and fear a person experiences from a small creepy animal. I will imply that the box has small critters in it.
I think my hypothesis was generally correct. My volunteer was surprised and startled by the unknown small living item in the box (my hand). I think even though I never said what was in the box that the volunteer was scared for a moment based on the assumption of a threat in the box.
I think if I did another experiment I would test multiple people in isolation, some with real small critters in the box and others with just my hand, so I can see the different reactions or if the reactions are the same.
I was very moved by the person that spoke about having problems with mental health because that particular issue is a ongoing problem with one of my loved ones and we struggle with it’s effects a lot. There is a stigma associated with mental issues and it takes guts to confront those issues in a public setting.
