The Fragment Room

Stress is common. Sometimes the pressure does get to you and you need a way to let loose. People do this in different ways; some people may go to a bar and have a few drinks. While sports and other extra-curricular activities help some people unwind. Music is also a good way to relax. One day the pressure had got to me. I felt the weight of everything that I was dealing with on my shoulders and going to a bar and having a couple of beers wasn’t the solution, my friend had found this place called the fragment room online and he wanted to surprise me by taking me there because he knew my current situation and what I was feeling. The concept of the fragment room is that you pay a certain amount to get a room with a bunch of breakable objects and a couple of baseball bats. Whatever pent up frustrations that you have whether it be towards a friend or family or work or college, no matter what the person or situation is, you take your anger out on the objects by destroying it. We were provided with different bottles of alcohol and different types of glasses along with a few other breakable objects, we put on some intense music appropriate to our environment and we started, each item that we broke represented something. It signified letting go of the past. The moment i broke something using the baseball bat I felt empowered. I felt that I could do anything and everything. The feeling was exhilarating and the smooth adrenaline rush that you got from seeing glass fly across the room and knowing you were the cause for that controlled destruction makes you feel extremely powerful. I left the fragment room with my friend feeling happy. But I left the weight on my shoulders of everything that tried to bring me down in that room.