When I was growing up as a teen, I always ran out of breathed in anticipation or nauseating dread of the unavoidable Monday mornings’ drama with capital D. What kind of hooking up has been taking place over the weekend? Between who and who? Someone used a nasty word on another, who used the word, and who was the word used on?
Is it true that Cindy called it quits with her boyfriend…or was it her boyfriend who said it was over between them? Back in those days at a prep school (all-girls), the default setting was drama. Today, I have become an adult author. My literary setting is drama, the conflict that constitutes a plot is provided by drama. However, I do not want it to play out in my own real life.
Drama addiction with teenage girls is expected; but my confusion is the fact that some adults seem to be still caged in that tensed stage of life. Imagine an adult colleague of mine who circulates inter-office memos in the break room, just to talk about insufficient English breakfast tea bags.
There’s someone out there who has something to say about a breakup of a relationship that probably lasted less than 24 hours, and wouldn’t have mattered to become a line of gossip; just about anything that looked like drama. What’s the reason behind certain people’s addiction to drama?
Thrilling or Infuriating?
Of course, there are certain times when the sincerity of drama is obvious, and when drama is worth justifying. Overwhelming events and circumstances, transformation of lives, pleasurable moments…all those mixed features of drama. According to a clinical psychologist, publicity is created via drama. And pointed out the sheer up and downs that characterize reality shows as well as celebrity magazines.
“Drama can be fun, just a bit of it. It could become a propelling force for your turnaround in perceiving things differently”. On the other hand, drama could produce a negative effect when it becomes uncomfortable (especially for all except the mastermind).
‘Dramatic behavior is intended to, or has the intention of creating an effect” – this is the definition of dramatic behavior as given by the New Oxford American Dictionary. This is the secret behind the tendencies of dramatic people getting on our nerves; whether intentional or unplanned, drama queens are eliciting the spectators’ response. When a dramatist indulges in extreme emotionality as tact to arouse spectators’ interest or draw attention, those around, although may show sympathy at first, may end up feeling manipulated (as it is always the case).
No related posts.
