In a room with your worst enemy
How your fear of solitude is holding you back
You’re trapped in a room with your worst enemy.
Fight-or-flight response in full force, you begin to brace yourself for the worst. Your heart beats explosively in your chest as beads of sweat form on your temples, warning you of the danger to come.
This is the last place you want to be: alone with someone who, given the opportunity, could easily destroy you.
Thankfully, there’s a way out — but your escape comes with a price.
In an unfolding of events resembling The Matrix, you’re given a choice:
The red pill: Stay in the room, risking whatever torture or violence this villain may inflict on you, and you’ll receive access to a book of secrets that could alter the course of history.
The blue pill: Flee to safety, empty handed.
Fear of solitude: when you’re your own worst enemy
Dramatic as it may seem, most of us are afraid to be alone in a room with ourselves — so afraid that we would choose physical pain over the boredom or…
