Journal 3: Being held hostage

Being held hostage is probably a very life changing thing. I would panic and probably try to escape. I would either do that or comply with everything they said so they would not hurt me. If I decided to panic, I would try to devise a plan to get out. I would feel scared, and if nobody came to get me or attempted to save me, I would feel really hurt. If I was held hostage for a long period of time, I would try to get use to the way of their life, just like Mary Rowlandson did. If I knew that people were trying to find me or help me out, I would make my kidnapper have a really difficult time dealing with me. I would make everything he did so difficult, and I would make them want to let me go just because I was being so annoying. I would miss my friends and my boyfriend so much, and I would probably cry a lot. I would go crazy if I had no communications with anybody I cared about for a long time. I would probably even start to talk to myself too. Overall, being held hostage is not an ideal situation to be in at all. It is a very emotional time, and I'm sure a lot of people have to go through some sort of therapy or counseling. I would probably have nightmares even after the event happened for several years. I know of several situations on the news where people are being kidnapped or held against their will. For example, the most famous in America is probably the whole 9/11 situation. People were on that plane minding their own business, until some men took the plane under their control and crashed it. Because of that ordeal, I'm very afraid of that happening while I am flying. I will be flying in October, and I am already panicky about it.