What were you most scared of as a child?
"A bathroom" is most scared thing when I was a child.When I went to the bathroom, I came up with cockroach. In my mind, bathroom linked cockroach, so I didn't want to go to bathroom alone.
Why and how did this come about?
When I was a kindergartener, I visited my grandparent's house. I went to the restroom, and then I saw a cockroach. I originally didn't like them, so I was really surprised and shocked. Since then, I feared to go to there. And when I went to bathroom in my grandparents house, I thought about this memory, so I I couldn't go to there alone. I always asked someone to follow me. After that, I met two cockroaches in my house's bathroom. My fear was getting bigger and bigger. so I didn't want go to around a bathroom. I was scare of any bathroom.
Specially, during night was very awful, because there is dark. If there is dark, I couldn't make sure they were in or not. This memory was so strong, so it was in my mind for a long time. I wanted to forget this, but I couldn't. I am always scared when I go to and there.
When if ever did you stop being scared of this?
I moved to new house and I haven't seen cockroaches for a long time, so I forgot to the feeling about them. And then, I tended not to come up with them when I go to the bathroom. However, sometimes I have opportunities to listen the name "cockroach" and then, I think about this memory. I think this memory is still in my mind.
I think a bathroom is index because bathroom made me think of bad memory about a cockroach. Index is used to represent an object by causality.I unconsciously linked a bathroom and a cockroach. Through writing this report, I found that index is different depend on person or situation. A bathroom made me think of cockroach, but I think other people don't. It's interesting for me. If I meet them in kitchen, index would change. Index can be effected by our own experiences. It is different depends on the person.We need to know and notice it. If we don't want to know, we never notice that. Perhaps, someone never know that index is different and effected by their own experience.
I'm interested in what things they come up when they imagine a bathroom, and why do they have it? What kind of experiences have they had it?
This is A bathroom symbol.
Almost Japanese can imagine bathroom.
Why can we recognise it is bathroom?
I suggest we linked this symbol with bathroom in our mind, because we can always see in there.
I found symbol create a new link to it.
It is also unconsciously too.
So, Can foreigner know what it is?
I interviewed my friend. He was born in America and have never came to Japan. I asked him "Do you know what it is?". He said "yes, it is bathroom sign".
In America, it is used to express the bathroom, so he could understand it.
These days, there are many kind of to represent a bathroom, but we can know what it is. I don't know we have so many type of it. Sometimes, I can't know which is for female, because it is complicated. So I think most important things for symbol is simple. If we don't know understand the meaning of it, it is not symbol.
"A bathroom" is most scared thing when I was a child.When I went to the bathroom, I came up with cockroach. In my mind, bathroom linked cockroach, so I didn't want to go to bathroom alone.
Why and how did this come about?
When I was a kindergartener, I visited my grandparent's house. I went to the restroom, and then I saw a cockroach. I originally didn't like them, so I was really surprised and shocked. Since then, I feared to go to there. And when I went to bathroom in my grandparents house, I thought about this memory, so I I couldn't go to there alone. I always asked someone to follow me. After that, I met two cockroaches in my house's bathroom. My fear was getting bigger and bigger. so I didn't want go to around a bathroom. I was scare of any bathroom.
Specially, during night was very awful, because there is dark. If there is dark, I couldn't make sure they were in or not. This memory was so strong, so it was in my mind for a long time. I wanted to forget this, but I couldn't. I am always scared when I go to and there.
When if ever did you stop being scared of this?
I moved to new house and I haven't seen cockroaches for a long time, so I forgot to the feeling about them. And then, I tended not to come up with them when I go to the bathroom. However, sometimes I have opportunities to listen the name "cockroach" and then, I think about this memory. I think this memory is still in my mind.
I think a bathroom is index because bathroom made me think of bad memory about a cockroach. Index is used to represent an object by causality.I unconsciously linked a bathroom and a cockroach. Through writing this report, I found that index is different depend on person or situation. A bathroom made me think of cockroach, but I think other people don't. It's interesting for me. If I meet them in kitchen, index would change. Index can be effected by our own experiences. It is different depends on the person.We need to know and notice it. If we don't want to know, we never notice that. Perhaps, someone never know that index is different and effected by their own experience.
I'm interested in what things they come up when they imagine a bathroom, and why do they have it? What kind of experiences have they had it?
This is A bathroom symbol.
Almost Japanese can imagine bathroom.
Why can we recognise it is bathroom?
I suggest we linked this symbol with bathroom in our mind, because we can always see in there.
I found symbol create a new link to it.
It is also unconsciously too.
So, Can foreigner know what it is?
I interviewed my friend. He was born in America and have never came to Japan. I asked him "Do you know what it is?". He said "yes, it is bathroom sign".
In America, it is used to express the bathroom, so he could understand it.
These days, there are many kind of to represent a bathroom, but we can know what it is. I don't know we have so many type of it. Sometimes, I can't know which is for female, because it is complicated. So I think most important things for symbol is simple. If we don't know understand the meaning of it, it is not symbol.