In the picture with the gold ceiling, do you see all the heads? The masses at the Vatican? It was like that, or worse!, in every room. If you know me, you know I'm mildly claustrophobic, particularly when my space is confined by people. I hate malls. Is there a special name for that? Is there a name for a normally mild, quiet person wanting to rampage through a room screaming at the top of her lungs? There was no way out - for over an hour. Thinking about it even now makes me want to crawl into a corner and weep. Either that or pull all my hair out.
The last stop was the Sistine chapel and you know what? I didn't care. I spent about 30 seconds being irritated with everyone yelling "shush" and then I was out of there. Anyway, the ceiling was really high up. And there was a throne and a big fence and guards and so many many people.
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Sartre said "hell is other people" so I guess the term you're looking for is "misanthrope"
agoraphobia is fear of crowds (as well as open spaces)
I think I must have a kinship with Sartre. That's the best thing I've ever heard.
Would it still be agoraphobia if I'm not so much afraid of crowds as filled with anger and disgust? And how can one word represent such opposites? Who comes up with this shit?
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