My Fatal Flaw

Fight vs. Flight

Kimball Khetani

Wade English 9

November 25, 2019

How Fight vs. Flight Has Affected My Life

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        There was one time when I was with my friends in the gym lobby hanging out. We were all having a fun time making jokes and laughing, and there was this one joke that was directed towards me. Everyone laughed and thought it was funny but it kind of hurt my feelings. I knew that the person intended the joke as something to be funny not to insult me but I took it the other way. So I roasted him back. When I did this, I knew that I had made the wrong decision. After I made the joke he kept making more jokes about me and I was hurt even more. When everything was over I thought about how I had fought back and maybe I should’ve just laid back and accepted the joke because I knew he didn’t mean any harm. This was kind of like the time in the Odyssey when Odysseus fights Scylla instead of fleeing. Now when I am in these kinds of situations, I know just to take it in and probably know that they mean it as a joke.

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