Tried a stream-of-consciousness prompt at a writers' meetup in Austin and it backfired hard

I went to this monthly creative writing group at a coffee shop off South Congress and the prompt was to write for 10 minutes without stopping or thinking. I ended up filling three pages about my cat's food bowl and how it reminded me of a breakup from 2014. The group leader read it out loud and everyone just stared at me. Has anyone else had a simple prompt spiral into something way too personal or weird?

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allen.amy20d ago

Is it really that serious though? It's just a writing exercise.