Persuasive Essay About Fear

In the video “Why do we like to be afraid”, they state that fear can be good and bad. It helps us determine which risks are worth taking. Sometimes fear can be a healthy thing because it keeps people from doing dangerous things, but

Do all living things fear something? Those with minds surely have many and various fears, but even the simplest organisms must have fear, for fear is such a powerful feeling. Fear is all around us and is felt in every corner of the earth. Fear is the emotion or feeling that a living creature gets when its physical or mental life is interrupted by a change that causes the creature concern.

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

A hideous creature that reminds you of a mechanical hybrid of a dog and a human is crouched in the corner of the room. You see scars, burns, bad wounds and other torture marks on its body. Shaken, it watches you with fear in its eyes and responds only to your positive and calm actions.

     Native Son by Richard Wright is a piece of literature that is meant to demonstrate how fear in the white community drives society to label blacks as dangerous, immoral, and subhuman. The main character, Bigger Thomas, embodies all of the preconceptions and secret fears that people associate with black Americans. He lies, he steals, he is violent, and by the end of the story he is a rapist and a murderer. The first time he is given an opportunity to improve his family’s life, he tries to adapt, but because of a turn of fate he has to throw his chances away. Bigger wants to evade all of the stereotypes of “people like him.” Eventually he realizes that he has become what everybody fears most: a nigger. His

Since the beginning of time, our views on fear have drastically changed. It was once thought that fear was a disease, but what is fear. Is it that horrible feeling we get when our stomach feels like its going to explode, or is something else. We’ll forever feel that feeling of fear. From the day we are born to the day we die. Fear is that quintessential human emotion. Regardless of living life with joy, happiness, and pleasure, humans can't escape the feeling of fear and what comes with fear; pain. Fear is a feeling your body produces to tell you about dangerous, threatening, or scary situation. It's what gives you the ability to sense danger and react. We’re shaped by fear, despite spending our entire lives trying to avoid fear. Fear is powerful, there is not escaping fear, but there is striving from fear.

Is it really worth going to college, owing hundreds of dollars in order to get a degree in a profession to become successful and experienced in the real world? Today, as tuition costs increase students are questioning whether college is fit for them or not. For one, college can be really expensive, for example at the University of Minnesota for an undergraduate during the academic year of 2011-2012, the cost for one credit was $448.08 and $5,825 for a total of thirteen or more credits (“Undergraduate tuition”). A high school graduate that does not have a job may not necessarily have money so the only way to pay would be to take out loans and apply for financial aid. So is it not

There is a normal amount of concern throughout difficult circumstances in life. However, more than just general concern, anxiety becomes an emotional overbearing big brother that hinders from allowing healthy existence under the pressures of reality. Sometimes this fear grows into an almost unbearable, overwhelming state that keeps one from living life and hindering healthy, functional responses. People may turn to spirituality and spiritual development as they look to have a deeper understanding of their ultimate purpose in life, aiding in the overwhelming, burdened, unclear, anxiousness. It seems as if most common (non life threatening) mental illnesses have some amount of debilitating, excessive, overwhelming fear that is the driving force. Fear seems to be the emotion that drives many of our emotional responses. Fear of relationships, fear of failing, fear at not being good enough, fear of overload, fear that someone is watching you, fear of the unknown, fear of change, etc. Out of this fear, an increase in anxiety arises.

It’s the spookiest time of the year, Halloween! You have to know what to do in a spooky situation. There are three main rules to surviving almost any horror movie situation. Having a flashlight and being prepared is one of the most important things. Sticking together is very important as well. Being curious can cause problems too. This is why these are the most important rules. Secret Massage

It’s college graduation day and the graduates have just finished their walks across the stage. The future looks bright and the stress of classes has finally come to an end for most of the students. This day is a day full of joy for most, but for those who didn’t receive scholarships or grants; this day also marks the day that reality hits. For those who were lucky enough to get student loans now comes the time when those loans need to start being paid on. Through all of the excitement, the elephant in the room still remains; how will they possibly begin to pay the tens of thousands of dollars that they owe for the education they just finished?

In my practicum, I had to introduce a lesson on fear. I wanted to encourage the students to be curious about the subject. I informed them that being scared is a normal feeling. I told them that everyone experiences it and develops the fear of something at a certain degree. My goal was to stimulate the students to learn about the subject and help them construct meaning (MELS, 2001). I presented different pictures to the students using the Smartboard to activate prior knowledge and also to guide them in making associations with different situations and fear. Furthermore, I explained that fear can be something negative as well as something positive. During the pre-activity and the follow-up I asked open questions and

Fear is a mental state rather than a physical state because it is about what you think of, not what you feel and also not knowing what is going to happen.

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.

It was a. Monday afternoon at Hillsborough Middle School in Hillsborough, NJ. In the lunchroom, you were able to hear hundreds of friends communicating with each other about how their day been. You could see long lines of people trying to get their lunch before the twenty minutes. In the lunchroom, between all mumbling voices, my friend told me she has been having a difficult time trying to study for all the exams she has in the same week. She said she took a quiz in science and got an ok grade, but she was not proud of the outcome. She had ranted to me about all the homework and studying she had to do for multiple subjects in the same week. This made her worry a lot more about her grades because if she didn’t study enough for one of the assignments she would get a poor classification. Nearly every student has the same difficulty with homework, tests, and quizzes which results to students worrying too much about their grades. Even when students take their exams or do their homework there is always something else to be losing sleep over. The question is... are students not putting in effort or “,is there really too much to handle?”

Fear is the biggest obstacle for mankind. Fear is like a shadow; it will always follow you around during the day and night, even going into a dark room to get away from your shadow won’t work; there are more shadows in that room. Every person has a shadow, like every person has a fear. It could be anything; death, heights, flying, spiders, failure and many more. Some fears may just make people afraid of something, other fears will stand in your way of achieving the goal right in front of you or your goal in life. No matter how much everyone tries not to have fear everyone will have fear eventually in their lives. Fear is an obstacle and like all obstacles you can conquer it.