Fear And Overcoming Fear: The Fear Of Fear

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Fear is something everyone feels at some point in their life. Fear is a feeling that your body produces in dangerous, threatening, or scary situations. It is the ability to identify danger and make a choice to either confront that fear or flee from the situation. That choice is completely up to the victim, and depends on the person. Although fear is handled differently by every person, it is a common emotion that everyone feels. Some seek out to overcome their fears, and seek the feeling of adrenaline they get from overcoming. Others flee the situation and don't think twice about trying to overcome their fear. In worst case scenarios people freeze up and go into shock due to the situation. Fear can be a great thing by causing people to rise …show more content…

I have overcome a few fears in my life and believe with determination anyone can. I've been afraid of heights my entire life and overcoming that fear took years. I never thought it was possible for me to be in a roller coaster until that one day I was in a situation that made me surpass my fear. I've been afraid of heights since I can remember. Some people will scream and cry whenever they are far up in the air. To a person without that fear it may seem funny that being afraid of heights is childish stuff, but to me it's not. I personally am not a person to freak out about heights anymore since I finally conquered it by getting on a ton of rides and just letting it …show more content…

You can't just sit there and not do anything about it. Time will go by in a heartbeat without you not facing that one challenge you have in life which is to overcome your fear. We learn from it slowly and slowly no matter what the outcome is. Our imagination is usually a bit too vivid, and our worst-case scenarios can go above and beyond the worst that could actually happen. In most cases, the thing we fear is never as bad as we think it will be. When we are trying to make a decision to leave, to quit, or to do something new, we lack the perspective to see how things turn out. Maybe the most important lesson is this: we do not need to eliminate fear from our lives. We can welcome it, we can cope with it and we can proceed in spite of it. The best decisions in life are rarely the easiest ones. Or, rather, they should feel easy within, but often come with some level of fear. Next time you are fearful of a new pose, or a new chance in life, approach it with the knowledge that the best possible results will come forward. Fears can be pretty rational because there are some choices and risks you will have to take because you never know if it’s going to be the right choice just like in the video “What fear can teach us”. The men had to make a pretty difficult decision because there was a very low chance of survival. There are people who are afraid of everything basically. They might over think the worst possible thing and

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