Reference no: EM133692888
Assignment
After such a long prison sentence I was having a really hard time making decisions. I was at the halfway house in Indianapolis and my probation officer, Linda gave me a pass to go to Walgreens to get hygiene products like a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant etc. She also gave me a pass to go to the library after because I thought my passion of reading would help me get through the difficult time I was going through just like reading in bed after school allowed me to escape into another world from all of the bullying I suffered growing up.
As soon as I walked into the store I felt that everyone was looking at me and knew that I just got out of prison. I felt an extreme sense of anxiety to the point I felt dizzy. I started walking to the hygiene section to look for toothpaste and there were so many choices I felt overwhelmed. I hadn't made any decisions for a really long time and felt overwhelmed on top of feeling everyone was looking at me in a world that I didn't fit in. I got a really bad anxiety attack and got disorientated and couldn't function. I even forgot or couldn't think about the other items I even went to the store for and the anxiety attack got more intense so I decided just to leave the store and go back to the halfway house.
On the way back I remembered that I had a pass to go to the library as well so I decided to go there so that I could at least find a book to allow me to escape the nightmare I was going through trying to adjust returning back to society after such a long time away. I always had a passion for reading and even though I felt so empty inside and overwhelmed I kept thinking that would help me get through. As soon as I entered the library in downtown Indianapolis I got the same feeling that everyone was looking at me and knew that I just got out of prison. The anxiety attack once again took over and I couldn't stay at the library. I was so discouraged because I wasn't sure if I could ever go back to the library again because I didn't want to experience those intense emotions again. I went back to the halfway house and got in my bed.
Task
A. Describe this in first person using more emotions, adjectives and adverbs to bring it to life.
B. Separately describe in first person and in detail your trouble making decisions after such a long prison sentence.
C. Separately describe in first person and in detail your feeling that everyone was looking at you at the store and later at the library and knew that you had just gotten out of prison.
D. Separately describe in first person and in detail your feelings and emotions after having the anxiety attack and leaving the store.
E. Separately describe in first person and in detail your feelings and emotions after having the anxiety attack at the library and not sure if you could ever go back to the library again.