70. MORTIFIED NATION

would you read your growing up diary, out loud, in front of an audience? remember all that angst about everything when you were growing up--parents, the opposite sex, bullies, teachers, hopes, dreams, sadness, anger?  most of us, if only briefly, wrote about it.  we could, and did, say about everything we wanted in that diary.  it was all so powerful at the time, huge in our life..........but, sharing it as an adult, in front of an audience, laughing, is healthy and liberating to hundreds across the country who "perform" at mortified performances. by "sharing the shame", mortified nation shows how most of us use the action of writing in a journal to explore what we want and who we hope to be.  there's not so much to learn here, but i'm trying to remember if i have ANYTHING that i can go back to and read.  fortunately, by looking back, most of us realize that what's seems enormously huge in our lives often turns out to be anything but.