The Fears Of Fear : Fear Of Darkness

When you think of fear, what do you think of? Have you ever been absolutely terrified by something that you become petrified. Your brain is programed to protect you from all threats to your body this protection is known as fear. When we touched a hot pan along with burning ourselves now we will not do that repeatedly for fear of being burned. Mr. King states, three claims that we go to horror movies to have fun  also we go to feel normal then at last, we go to face our fears but is that genuinely true?

During your childhood, I am pretty sure that your fears weren't as big as they are today. My fears were simple, I was afraid of the dark, I was afraid when I lost my parents in the store, and I was afraid when I got in trouble at school. Aundra Kendall admitted

Life can be seen as a continuous story. It has a beginning and an end, and every event has its own impact in the story. Fears can be a result of specific events that made an impact strong enough to cause it. We turn everyday objects, situations, or ideas into fear, but, why? Fear is a natural response, our reflexes are based on what we know, and when something unknown is presented to us our first reaction is to seek for awareness. For example, children tend to have more fears than adults do. Their understanding of things is still developing, therefore, it is too narrow to comprehend some things further than what they can see, as darkness. Adults’ understanding on this is supposed to be fully developed, but yet, a fear as nyctophobia, the fear of the dark, is something that can follow people throughout their whole lives, as stated in “Nyctophobia: From Imagined to Realistic Fears of the Dark” by Joshua Levos and Tammy Lowery Zacchilli,“It may be that the unrealistic fear of the dark that is seen in children might have transformed into a more realistic fear of the dark in adults.” The lack of certainty puts us in an anxious state. Humans have always looked for ways to avoid the dark. From oil lamps to electric light, early humans invented ways so they could see in the darkness, which shows that humans have always been scared of the dark. But the question remains, why are humans afraid of the dark?

Everybody has a different perspective on fear and everybody is affected differently. The Mental Health Foundation stated that, “Fear can last for a short time and then pass but it can also last much longer and stay with us. In some cases it can take over our lives, affecting appetite, sleep, and concentration for long periods of time. Fear stops us from travelling, going to work or school, or even leaving the house.” This quote shows that fear does not affect people as much as it does to others. Although, fear can affect people for a long time which can cause them to stay isolated from others. There are many types of fears and some examples of fears include: the fear of the number 13, the fear of spiders, the fear of heights, and many others. There are hundreds of fears and many people have these fears and everybody is affected differently.

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?

Everybody has fears; whether they'd like to admit to them or not. To each is own on why they won't admit to them but to me everybody in their right mind as at least one fear. Fear is such an unpleasant emotion that is all caused by something or someone that can be some type of danger to you or if you nothing about it’s capability. People can be afraid of anything, the most common fears are Death, for the unknown of what comes after you die or the unknown of how you're going to die and Heights because

     We humans especially, fear many different things: death, disease, old age, commitment, noises in the night, pain, responsibility, work, being too fat or too thin, or any number of other things. Some of our fears are reasonable and rationale, like the fear for our safety so we lock our doors at night, never walk alone on dark streets, and

One of the many emotions attached to All the Light We Cannot See is fear. From the very beginning of the novel readers were able to identify this in events such as, Marie’s early years of being blind. As the story continued, fear was a huge factor in the war, and even after the conflicts, fear still took over the remaining characters. Especially in Werner’s younger sister, Jutta, who lived to carry a son and marry a man. Fear was particularly present when Jutta is in a train with her son and a man joins them. Her reaction was “he sits beside her and lights a cigarette. Jutta clutches her bag between her knees; she is certain that he was wounded in the war, that he will try to start a conversation, that het deficient French will betray her.

The first real installment of fear was when Wiesel and his father were in the cattle cars on the way to the concentration camps, he was scared on the ride there and he realized how much worse things would become once they arrived. Wiesel however, was not the only one who realized this, one of the prisoners in the cattle cars was Mrs.Schachter, who was treated very cruely by the other jews once she began to scream, “Fire! I see a fire! (wiesel 24)” Wiesel along with other jews tried to calm her more for their benefit, to keep fear out of their minds, yet Wiesel did feel empathy for her son, who tried to calm his mother and remain calm during the situation. At this point in the story, the cattle cars mainly show how physically and mentally challenging it was to be crammed into such a small space with scared, hungry people, and how Wiesel began on his journey to survival.

When you think of fear, what do you think of? Do you think of something you are absolutely terrified of and do not want to think about or something else. Fear is programmed in your brain as something you want to stay away from for  safety.  Like when we touched a hot pan and burned ourselves now we will not do that again for fear of being burned. Mr.King states three claims that we go to horror movies to have fun and that we go to feel normal and the last one That we go to face our fears but is that really true?

Introduction: Almost everyone has an irrational fear or two—of mice, for example, or your annual dental checkup. For most people, these fears are minor. But when fears become so severe that they cause tremendous anxiety and interfere with your normal life, they’re called phobias. A phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger. Common phobias and fears include closed-in places, heights, highway driving, flying insects, snakes, and needles. However, we can develop phobias of virtually anything. Most phobias develop in childhood, but they can also develop in adults. If you

know many of fear darkness due to some past experience, but the situation, it helps to bring light

Every one of us either experiences or feel fear in certain situations or under some scenarios or conditions. Moreover, when we grow and step into the outside world, we get scared of everything,

What is fear? Fear is something everyone should overcome. It is something that scares people out of their socks. For me fear was not such a big thing. I wasn’t scared of a lot of things, but one fear I have is the fear of big bugs. I was always scared of big bugs. Last year, I went to a cabin with my family and friends during Labor Day. When we got there we started unpacking and I went to the sink to wash my hands. When I was about to turn on the faucet, I saw a big centipede and I shrieked. I ran to my parents and told them, but when they came to the sink it was gone. That whole time when I was in the cabin I was terrified and I always looked out for centipedes. I know that it is possible to overcome my fear of big bugs but I am not ready now. Although, one day I am going to overcome that fear. Fear can only stop people from excelling in life. Don’t let one fear stop you from achieving something great.

Things that pop and crack populate the house. Hearing sounds in the middle of the night that send chills down my spine. A sense of alertness occurs when standing there frozen, waiting, and thinking, “What could it be?” Waiting for the next noise or ignition of thought that makes the heart beat a little faster and breathe slower to limit the noises made in the darkness. When the lights go out you ultimately assume the worst scenarios for example a burglar, paranormal activities, or critters in the night. Even the tick tock of the clock seems like a loud bass drum in the vicinity of catching another sound to reassure that the noise was not something or someone. I often ask myself “Why me?” questioning why I have these fears. I remember how watching horror movies generated fear even at the young age of eight. Movies such as Puppet Master, IT, and Children of the Corn come to mind as well as the infamous Chucky movies. In those movies only bad things happened at night.