Fear

What are fears? Fears are something that we have created in our mind after, usually, having a negative experience. I say "usually" because fears cannot only come from our own experiences but also from those of others also. A lot of people have different fears. The main ingredient of fears is that they are created in our minds, reinforced in our minds and sustained in our minds. Outside of the fear of heights, which is an innate response and a "natural" fear that has been scientifically proven to

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

FEAR OF ALTOPHOBIA Veronica Taylor ENG121: ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1(AXC1420C) Instructor: Erin Nelson May 16, 2014 Fear of Alto phobia The fear I need to conquer is my fear of heights. Heights are one of my biggest fears that I have tried numerous of times to get over. This fear causes me to have real bad anxiety attacks to where I sweat, shake, have blurred vision, and have trouble breathing to where I have an asthma attack. One day my sister tried to help me conquer my fears by making

those being ethos, logos, and pathos. Fear is an emotion. In fact, It's one of the most basic emotions expressed by humans. When authors write with the intent of establishing an emotional reaction such as fear, they are attempting to invoke sympathy from an audience or to make the audience feel what what the author wants them to feel. Macbeth, Oedipus Rex, and The Things They Carried all generate interest by developing emotional bonds with their audience. Fear is used throughout the texts as a motif

Is our Fear the Killer? On the subject, such as terrorism, many aren’t fully aware of why human beings that walk the same earth as us produce such violence. In the article it stated that “they want you to be full of fear. Of them. All the time” (Lamotte 1). This one line suggests that the killers enjoy the fear, but it is also stated that they, in fact, might be the ones in this state of mind. Granting that they are indeed in fear means that they possibly aren’t in a full state of mind. Even more

run but any sudden moves could result with you being hurt or worse. Instead of staying safe, you run for it, because you start to freak out. If this is like you, you may have ophidiophobia. Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes. There can be many causes of ophidiophobia. According to “Fear of Snakes Phobia - Ophidiophobia” by Jacob Olesen, “[A]Traumatic episode[s] in the past such as accidently stepping on a snake or being bitten, hissed at or otherwise threatened by snakes might have lead to one’s

Since a young age, I always had a fear of heights and so when I was asked to take part in jumping off a bridge (bungee jumping) in South Africa, my natural reaction was to say no, and that is exactly what I did. But while others were getting ready for the jump I asked myself one question; why am I scared of heights. I knew I had to face it one day. It was in a fight of flight situation and so, on the spur of the moment I decided fight. It was a decision I have never regretted even though minutes

What is Fear? The way I see fear is that many people try to run away from it instead of challenging it. Fear makes people run away from ideas, actions, or even goals. Everyone experiences fear whether they are elementary students, college students, or parents. People could fear having to speak in a crowd of others or fear a single human being. Since fear can’t fully be defined by a simple sentence, I have decided to define this short but complex word by studying its origins, discussing what fear is not

All of these could either save someone’s life, or cause serious injury or death. This begs the question, is fear always a harmful emotion? Fear is not a harmful emotion, in fact, it is one of the emotions that keeps humans safe. Without fear, people would constantly be in grave danger and risk death because they would not take any precautions when encountering dangerous situations. Fear is not harmful because it causes someone to think quickly and rationally, to find a solution, and to find any

The mention of death sparks fear and anxiety among people but there is no reason why people should fear death because it does not have any meaning to them. Epicurus (2016) claims, “Death, the most frightening of bad things, is nothing to us; since when we exist death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist”. Most people fear death because they feel that it hinders them from accomplishing some of their plans in life and the fact that they do not know what will happen to