Fear In My Life : The Fear Of Fear

Fear. Oh how I do not fear your. I have chosen to disregard you, to not let you run my life, or to let you guide my decisions. I am not talking about the rational fears, such as the the fear of God or the fear of safety. I am talking about the irrational fears that keep a person from taking risks. A motto that I have created for myself is “if you haven't tried to die before then you haven't lived.” What this means to me is that I must push myself to the edge, where the thrill is, so that I can experience life. For instance, I recently took a trip with my friend to Canada and we went on the “edge walk” at the CN Tower in Toronto. This is the highest building that offers an outdoor edge walk experience. It was thrilling, it was scary, but it was oh so worth it because I expanded my realm of experiences. Pushing myself to experience as much as I can is very important to me because I believe it is shaping my confidence and self image. Sometimes I say yes to things I do not like or am nervous to do

Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat(Websters Dictionary).Fear is something that our lives have adapted to rarely use as our ancient predecessors have.In our day and age the concept of fear comes through the stress of work. We humans no longer fear a cold nor do we fear storms as our houses protect us and on average our life spans are longer as old in the Paleolithic was 33 while currently it is 71.5(Wikipedia Life Expectancy). Why then is our fear so extensive that it can make us freeze up? “The answer is our legacy of ancient fears, the result of having spent millions of years running from predators. Our fear response is more influenced by the ancient species we struggled to escape than any modern challenges.”(The evolutionary legacy of having been prey.By Rob Dunn) This is one of the statements about human life. If this is so how do we develop from terror to finding fear fun?

What does it mean to be afraid? You are fearful of the outcome of something you know, or better yet, something you don’t know. It fills you with worry, anxiety, stress, and many other feelings that arise, you get that sunken feeling in your stomach. You see things that are promoted on TV that give you that feeling, your skin crawls on the back of your neck and goes to your arms as the hair on them start to rise. The sensations that fill your body at this time, arise because of fear. You can’t help to calm those until the results of those sensations are known. So, can fear come from good things?

The definition of fear is an unpleasant emotion resulting in being afraid of someone or something that is a dangerous threat. However, fear can come in many forms and affect people in several different ways. Fear is evident in all areas of life. Everyone experiences fear whether the outcome is positive or negative. Fear is no doubt inevitable. For example,whenever you have to present a speech, you may fear ridicule or judgement. Or when you are walking to your car late at night by yourself, you fear many dangerous situations that can happen. According to Mary C. Lamia in “The Complexity of Fear” in Psychology Today, fear in terms of psychology is described as the fear of the unknown, fear of death, and catastrophic fear. Mary C. Lamia has found

Fear is something that large amounts of people have encountered at least once at some point in their lives. It has been said to have caused a variety of outcomes, many of them being largely negative. Therefore, it is a common human response to react to fear by counteracting it with positivity and/or success. The idea people have of what fear is depends on the person. In the article “How Fear Works”, for example, fear is defined as a “chain reaction in the brain that starts with a stressful stimulus and ends with the release of chemicals” (Layton 1). The website “Psychology Today” defines fear another way, calling it “a vital response to physical and emotional danger” ("Fear Paranoia”). There are several other definitions people have on the

The Gift of Fear was a great book and I would like to review it. First off, The Gift of Fear is old, but is a great book to this day. Although it was pretty good, it had some major flaws and had some run on sentences. It sometimes felt like it dragged on and there were some chapters that it really did not need in it…

The most unpredictable thing on this planet is a human being. No matter how much a person may think they know another, they don't. The human mind is very complex, composite and cogent. However, I am not a very complicated person to understand. As humans, we are all divine actuality, but we are simular in more ways than we think. I have always been concerned about the outcome of my future. Moreover, this year my English Honors class read The Great Gatsby and that book made me stress about my future more than ever. Instigated by our society, we crave acceptance, love and triumph. Nevertheless, the journey to achieve each standard is strenuous. My goal has never changed. It has always been to be successful. However, just like anyone else my age, I don't know how move towards prosperity, or what it really

Fear is a distressing state of mind aroused by impending danger, evil, and even mental pain. The idea of fear is greater than fear itself. It is an emotion that we subconsciously create, it is the emotion evoked by the idea of believing illusions, lies and false information. Fear is what drives us to execute actions that we would never normally do, unrestrained from the presence of fear we act with morality, thought and discipline. In Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe, fear is evident throughout Okonkwo's life. The fear of being anything close to his father Unoka, the fear of acting anything other than a man and the fear of adjusting to anything other than his own social customs is what

Most people experience fear on a day to day basis whether it is common anxiety or being scared by seeing something out of the ordinary. For example, if you are walking home from a neighbor’s house and you think you hear the sound of someone behind you. Your start wondering what is behind you. You begin to think that maybe it is a serial killer who wants you dead, but is most likely just a stray cat. Why do we respond this way? Are you experiencing fear or anxiety? The differences between these responses can be hard to determine since the notions are usually used often without taking the time to explain the differences. Common terms that we use to describe how we feel like: fear of death, fear of the unknown, fear of flying, or fear of failure are most of the time labeled as a so called fear. However, those terms are actually a form of anxiety.

Fear, this one word has so many different meanings to everybody. Their and thousands of fears, a whole list of phobias each one with a different fear behind them whether it be arachnophobia which is a fear of spiders or thantophobia the fear of death. As for me i don't have many fears most are just something i don't like. I do however have one know big fear for myself, i fear what people will think of me when i'm gone this isn't a fear of death it's a fear after death. Or what i will be leaving behind when i'm gone, will i leave a good message or a bad one. One that people will remember among my family, or a message of no one even remembering my name. In most cases fear can take over the person under the curse of fear. In my fear

The feeling of uncertainty is an unpleasant emotion that can terrify an individual. It can make you feel empty and lost, and scare you to hide, never wanting to be found. It is an emotion that constantly overwhelmed me in the months following my decision to take a year off from school. I was naïve to believe taking a year off from school was the answer to my problems. I assumed the concept of “time” would help me gradually solve my concerns for my future career. But as a matter of fact, I became more hesitant and confused as time passed along. I began questioning myself more on the matter. It seemed like a never-ending cycle.

of me. I remember how I felt after being awoken by the fear of death.

Fear is the number one obstacle everyone must overcome at some point in their life. When the word fear is brought up I like to think of past situations that I experienced. There are many different methods used to conquer and learn from our fears such and exposure therapy, having a growth mindset, and thinking positive. For example, when I was younger fear was my worst enemy, School was the main reason that caused my fear. My fear of failure was my biggest obstacle growing up so I used that as a method to learn from my fears.

An unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat : Fear. Fear is a strong word, it can mean a variety of things and lead to a variety of things depending on who you are. Some people aren't that fazed by any sort of fear or just act like they aren't but for me a guy who is about 6’1 foot, so pretty tall and big for my age, well, i'm the complete opposite. My fear caused me to shake and tremble as if the world was coming to an end. It makes me feel safe around no one. Being put through my fear makes me look back on my life and ask myself, was it all worth it for this? It makes me shrink and fall to size of of a humming bird. My stomach starts to feel like it never has before almost like something terrible is tearing my insides out one by one. My head is spinning in circles and my hands are trembling to the point where I think they might fall off.

There is an important event that happens in every person’s life. That important event may be a number of things. Such as someone winning the lottery or even having a tragic loss in the family. My important event in life was the day I conquered my fear of heights. Everyone has some type of fear or phobia that absolutely petrifies them. Whether it’s a fear of snakes, swimming, or even germs, it can be conquered as I discovered.