Miranda

And you would go back and forth until it leans into something more specific.

And the whole idea is that you're trying to like allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to be seen.

And you're trying to allow yourself to hurt on purpose.

And the idea is eventually you're sitting across from your peer who you see every day at school and you go into stuff like,

You're scared.

I'm scared.

You're terrified.

I'm terrified.

You're depressed.

I'm depressed.

You reach these incredibly sad and deep moments.

Then he would dig into it and would amp up the repetition by yelling at us and being like, I don't believe you.

Tell the truth.

Tell the truth.

I'm sitting across from one of my peers and we're in the midst of saying all this really intense stuff that's not necessarily true, but you begin to believe it.

And he is

yelling at you to amplify how you're feeling so then by the end of your scene or practice you're sobbing so hard you can't breathe and then he's there to console you and to be like you did so amazing what an excellent job

Don't you feel awesome?

Also, he's crying.

He also breaks down into tears to act like an empathetic person and to make your guard totally down because you've just experienced this crazy emotional high and low.