Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Enargeia

One day at school, my fourth grade teacher projected a red, bloody, irritated sore on the projector screen and began to lecture the class. The image immediately made me feel anxious and restless, causing me to look everywhere else besides the projector screen. I tried to fight through it and pay attention, but this only made things worse. I began to feel very hot and a little lightheaded. I even began to lightly sweat from the feeling of heat radiating off my body. I tried to control what was happening, but it was no use. I started to feel even more lightheaded and weak. I could feel the blood rushing away from my head, leaving me pale and lifeless. I looked around the room to see if anyone noticed my fidgeting or my worried expression. Thankfully, I seemed to have kept my composure. I could not understand what was happening. All that was running through my mind was how badly I wanted it to stop. All I wanted to do at that moment was lie down. I only continued to feel horribly as I began to get very dizzy. The room was spinning and slowly fading from my vision. Then, all of a sudden, my world went black. I did not know it at the time as I had already mentally left the classroom, but I had fainted. Consequently, I fell out of my desk and onto the floor.