We had a horrible student issue in which one of our former students injured her child and was jailed. It was the talk of the school. So my activity was simply to have my students recall the most frightening or stressful event in their lives. They were assigned to write the details of the event on paper as if it were happening to someone else (no emotion) and how they felt during the event (with emotion) then create possible endings for both and the actual ending. The goal was to see first hand how sometimes logical reactions/actions are lost in times of extreme stress and fear. Very eye-opening for the class as it was for me.