Anecdote:
The room is dark and quiet. Loud train horns disrupt the silence every once in a while, despite their great distance from that room. It’s late and most people are asleep, but not all of them. Some are lying in bed, wide awake, trying their best to sleep but to no avail. Racing thoughts make that hard; thoughts about everything that will or might happen and everything that has yet to be done among other things. Chances are that a good part of those people are students. This generation of students seems to deal with anxiety and stress much more than any previous generation.
If this is your opening, one thing you might experiment with is pace. The thoughts in people’s heads run quickly. Which means short sentences. Maybe that will “create a sense of confusion.” A jumble of thoughts. Maybe even incomplete sentences. Phrases. Ideas. Help me! (silent scream)