answer these questions if you have been hazed

[DrPhil]

Ignore these people. They don't understand science.

Originally Posted by asdf123

1. Have you ever experienced hazing?
2. If you can say, please describe your hazing experience?
3. What were your feelings during the hazing experience?
4. Do you think that you have ever gotten over the hazing experience? If yes, how so?
5. Did your experience cause you to become ill or physically injured? How? Did you ever recover or suffer from permanent injuries?
6. Did you encounter any feelings of constant fear or anxiety anytime after being hazed? If yes, how did these feelings affect other aspects of your social life (friends, family, school life and activities)?
7. During your hazing period, were you frequently absent from school because of the hazing activities? How did this affect you’re your grades and academic life?
8. Did you ever have second thoughts about joining the group because of speculations and stories of hazing? If yes, what made you go through with joining the group?
9. Do you think that the experience has made you stronger and closer to your colleagues?
10. Did you ever report hazing to your school administration? Why or why not?
11. Are you still a member of or affiliated with the group? If no, was the hazing incident a reason for leaving the group?
12. What opinions did your family and friends outside the group express about your hazing experiences?
13. Do you think that stories seen on television or in books truly depict the nature and effects of hazing, from your experiences? If no, how are they misleading?

1. Yes.
2. This has been reserved for my therapist's couch or my hazing journal (see #12).
3. see above
4. No.
5. Of course.
6. Yes.
7. Greek trumps school.
8. No, I looked forward to it. Until it started and I couldn't stop it.
9. Yes because we talk about hazing alllllllll day. There's nothing else to Greekdom but this.
10. see below.
11. Well, duh, BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT! How can you NOT be a member of a group that tortures you to join? WE GOTCHO FREEDOM!
12. They read my hazing memoirs and blamed themselves for my need to belong.
13. They are accurate because it IS all about binge drinking and circle the fat on the chic games. It prepares us for life, which is full of alcohol and fat.