Stressed? Try chillin' out in an open grave!

[drewsilla]

German vicar offers stress relief in grave Fri Mar 28, 6:37 AM ET



A vicar in Germany who had the novel idea of helping parishioners escape the stresses and strains of daily life by letting them lie in an open grave was upset when intrusive journalists spoiled the atmosphere.

"I meant it as a meditative exercise," pastor Thorsten Nolting told Reuters. "I wanted people to think about what weighs on them down in the darkness and gather the energy to resist it."

Nolting, from the western German city of Duesseldorf, said his plan went "horribly wrong" when journalists' persistent questioning as parishioners were "laid to rest" earlier this week ruined the serenity of the occasion.

"It wasn't silent, as it should have been. They ruined it. (They) would not go away, even when I asked them," he said.

Extraverts who could cope with the incessant questioning were happy to climb down into the two metre long hole, and then rave about their "resurrection", Nolting said.

But a local newspaper said one man was still shaking, 20 minutes after his seven-minute spell in the dank grave ended.

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Got to love those wacky Germans!!

[Tea and Cake or Death]

I don't know why, but I think that would depress me.

[Underwater Ophelia]

What pisses me off is how they even mention the guy who was shaking 20 minutes after his stay in the ground.

Um, this isn't a mandatory experience. If the man is so obviously and dramatically disturbed by the idea, why do it?

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

It's almost like when they mention "The shooter considered himself to be a goth" at the end of the articles. Grrrrr. Those things at the end like that stick the most, too, and they're usually the things that the media tries to use to get people in an uproar.
I'm thinking the guy who shook didn't know how he'd react to the experience. He could have gotten out earlier, though...

I think it would be interesting to do, but I have no idea how I'd react.

[drewsilla]

I think I might like to try it. I've always loved the smell of freshly dug earth. That alone would relax me. The fact that I was in a hole in a graveyard would only be a plus.

[Wormboy]

It would be peaceful. I'd like something to lie on, since I do not like dirt >_>.

[Beneath the Shadows]

So, does the pastor stand over the people and say "Rise from your grave!" like in Altered Beast?

[Renatus]

So that's how Dracula lived soo long. But it's not suprising really, it's simple sensory depervation.