Research Paper On Overcoming Fear

Journal #3 Fear is something that you don’t want to ever face. I have many fears but the one that I would really love to overcome is fear of heights. Being about to overcome it would be amazing because I will be able to do many things. Throughout my life, I was always scared to go on roller costars and go on high slides in the parks. Sometimes I get really frustrated because people younger than me aren’t scared and I am. My dad is also scared of highest which explains that I got it from him. Not many people understand how it feels just to stand there all look down from a really high building and your feet are just shaking. I admire people that just walk on a thin rope from one building to another because that needs a lot of courage and confidence. Being about to see those things on television I kind of want to give myself hope that it’s not bad to go on a roller costar and try to over come my fear. Although most people

Fear Controls a Whole Town During the Salem witch trials, many lives that were taken due to a few people’s self defence. In the book, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of girls caused a whole town to go array. This group of girls were caught naked, dancing and

Beauty and The Beast: Overcoming and Coping with Fear Beauty and The Beast was first written in the late 17th century when arranged marriage was the normal marriage practice. The fear of marriage and what went with the marriage came from the Victorian era. Teenage girls were not seen as children back in that society. This tale that was told to children was to help cope with that fear that the older men you will marry will act like a beast. The tale was supposed to ease their fears of getting married to someone that they didn’t know. “At night, as she was going to sit down to supper, she heard the Beast make noises, and could not help but tremble. "Beauty," said the monster, "will you give me leave to see you dine” The monster asked “that is as you please," answered Beauty trembling.

Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives, for example, their working and social environments, considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp 2). There are many phobias such as: the fear of aging, fear of changing, fear of clowns, fear of getting fat, fear of being in closed spaces, etc.

     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

Fear is always present, but the form that it opts to present itself in is always changing, such as apprehensiveness, confusion, nervousness, or lack of motivation. Fear is not malevolent; it helps make you aware of your weakness. Once you acknowledge your weakness, you can try to surmount it and become. If there is fear, then there is power to overcome it; your greatest fear can transform into your greatest strength.

You might feel your stomach clamming up, sweaty palms, slight trembling and more when you're scared. According to dictionary.com fear is a “distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc.,whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid”.

I’ve always had fear of some adults and i’m afraid of when people are going to slap or harm you in anyway. Some kids flinch or are afraid when they think your going to harm them. You wonder why me? what did i do? What did i do

Fear is an emotion that is often used so that society can go along with the beliefs of powerful figures. An example would be in WWII with the Japanese internment camps. Roosevelt used the fear from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to justify the relocation of Japanese-American people. Due to the fear of the unknown, people were punished for crimes that they didn't commit and were treated unjustly and brutally. People in power use this to manipulate everyone and obey because from the beginning we are taught to do just that.

Fear is a natural emotion experienced by all living things at some point in their lives. Some people are afraid of physical things that can hurt you, others are afraid of thing that will scar them emotionally. All kinds of fears affect peoples' lives on a daily basis. There is no way to escape being afraid, but you can choose to not let your fears control your life.

Irrational Fears Look to your left, then to your right if there is indeed someone standing or sitting next to you, that person perhaps may have a phobia or better known as a fear. Most people would probably say something along the line of, “I don't have a fear...” or they

All viable human fears stem from the same root: a lack of the sense of accomplishment. When a person lives without a purpose or any achievements in the world, he or she ceases to exist as a human being. In a literal sense, human fear solely exists as a state of uncertainty that prevents individuals from reaching their goals; the fear of failure alone prevents individuals from participating in new activities. Human fear only exists because humans mentally dwell on the petty aspects of their lives. Therefore, human fear only remains within the intellectual, psychological facet of any specific individual.

Being Afraid: An Innate Emotion. It is Midnight July 1990 in a little neighborhood of Massachusetts. Shea McDonald, a teenage girl is coming back home from a party. She did not bother to lock up, and minutes after a burglar found that unlocked door. He entered in McDonald’s house with a mask and black clothing still stained with the blood of his last victim. As he walked into the dark hallway, he found Shea sleeping in her bed. She woke up feeling something cold on her neck; it was the blade of the attacker’s knife. After struggling and fighting for her life, she found a way out to another room. She immediately locked the door and called the police, but the killer escaped. This is a frightening instance of rational fear based on an imminent danger, but how many types of fears the living can experience?

When I was in kindergarten, I met my best friend. She was very shy at first and nothing about her seemed malicious. However, as the years went by, she became very imperious and unwilling to share anything, including friends. She wouldn’t allow me to befriend any other people without putting up a fight. However, she was allowed all the friends she pleased. Over the years she began to push everyone apart so that she was the common area between a bunch of enemies. Eventually, she and I began to argue over petty things and she would always make me feel as if I did something wrong. A massive argument then arose and I began to lose hope for our friendship because even though she was using me, I was oblivious at the time. The fight did separate us, and I was quite somber about the situation. However, this was when I realized all the things she had been doing wrong; all the things that I was better off without. The ending of our friendship for this period of time allowed me to reach this epiphany that I was my own person able to have my own friends, able to make my own decisions, able to be happy about my accomplishments. This sudden realization lifted the doleful weight from my shoulders, allowing me to become a much happier person with a new outlook on my life. Like I stated before, sometimes it takes us until we reach our lowest point to realize the journey that awaits, to regain the hope and strength that was lost

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.