Anxiety is such an abstract feeling that is difficult to process for those experiencing it and perhaps even harder for those who don’t understand it. I could fully relate to this play about wanting to enjoy a new adventure but burdened by the “bear” of unknown and irrational trepidation. Claudia Haas successfully shows us in a theatrical way how an anxious person deals with both the bear and the caring friend simultaneously, both of whom are compounding the problem in different ways. Thank you for writing this, Claudia, and for dramatizing feelings I have had many times myself.
Anxiety is such an abstract feeling that is difficult to process for those experiencing it and perhaps even harder for those who don’t understand it. I could fully relate to this play about wanting to enjoy a new adventure but burdened by the “bear” of unknown and irrational trepidation. Claudia Haas successfully shows us in a theatrical way how an anxious person deals with both the bear and the caring friend simultaneously, both of whom are compounding the problem in different ways. Thank you for writing this, Claudia, and for dramatizing feelings I have had many times myself.