the Exercise was conducted for the first time. The article is written as an attempt to understand the experience
In the framework of training sessions for young specialists aimed at optimizing the adaptation process, my colleague carried out the exercise "Sculpture".
Good and well-known exercise we have modified to the specifics of the audience and asked participants to make a sculpture of a police officer.
the Two subgroups for 8 people. Two sculptures. The experiences of participants and our observations.
the Sculpture first.
the Row in which participants put hands each other on shoulders. The feeling of participants : cohesion, discipline, solidarity, responsibility . We - for one another. We stand in defense.
Endurance, willpower, a sense of "I can".
During the exercise, one participant begins to experience pain and numbness in the hands. Weight of his body bore down on the standing guys.
- How much wet weight? 92 kg. As you keep on their shoulders, 46 kg?
- Normally, comfortable.
- Well, wait some more.
And the reverse side of co - dependency. Shifting of responsibility for themselves on the shoulders of others. Weakness of the supports. And, as a consequence, a feeling of excessive responsibility for the other at the expense of taking care of himself.
the Desire to protect and help the other, occupying a position defensive: inner tension, muscular armor, clenched teeth, kept eyebrows, spiky look to a point.
"I will survive at any cost" . The heroism of the local flood. the Failure of reliance on himself, and then comrade holds you and carries you. And the inability to make yourself comfortable. Public opinion vehemently denounces and condemns those who dare. "hold on, with clenched teeth, you're the man!" or you're a pariah, and subject to exclusion from the team. Who showed his feelings rejected for their weakness.
the Second sculpture.
Two ranks of 4, arranged one behind the other.
Discipline. Hierarchy. The chain of command. Rituals. A sense of patriotism (here, the expressive pressing his hand to his chest). We are as one body, a unified whole. A sense of connectedness with each drugome of belonging to a large and influential.
the Reverse side. Interchangeability. Impersonal. The resulting void is quickly filled by others. The lack of individuality. Inconsistency with the General impression of a seemingly cohesion. The desire to wishful thinking. Loneliness in the crowd. In this case, in the ranks. And then the feeling of togetherness and of belonging is born out of similarity of appearance with other. Not a necessity and frustration, when for you and nobody else. Every man for himself. And a lot of stress. And the desire to defend.
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