My worst fears

What is fear?

Fear is one of the human races strongest emotions, fear is something that everybody has, fear is one of the emotions which affects everybody you know and everybody you don’t. Fear carries an extremely negative connotation, this implication should not always be the case. Fear is powerful: fear has kept many people safe from doing harmful things, fear causes people to work harder, to practice more and to be the best they can be, however fear also brands us as cowards and weaklings by our peers, those we respect and the people we look up to. Most people view fear as a weakness and a fault, but only if they do not have the same fear. Well here I am about to tell you my three deepest darkest fears.

I am afraid of other people

I am not fearful of people for the reasons you might think. I am afraid because people have no idea what is going on inside somebody else’s head and yet they still make assumptions based on rumours and hearsay, I am not condemning those who judge a book by its cover, even so other people’s opinions still aren’t and never will be the blurb to our book of life. One persons beliefs of his peers has turned out to be nothing more than a collection of other people’s opinions, this disappoints and angers me. How could one person judge another without personal experience with them? How could a few people’s opinions so greatly influence another’s judgement of a person? Are we as people no longer able to formulate our own thoughts and opinions, how have we been reduced to relying on somebody else to think for us? I have had personal experiences where my those whom I have met have judged me before they had any information on which to judge me, I have been pushed around by those who thought I couldn’t fight bac...

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...rrational fear, but it is something I have always struggled with, this fear is what almost all of my decisions are based on, it has shaped my life since primary school. I am unsure as to where I developed the fear of desperately needing help, this is a concern of mine because asking for help is a key aspect in many occupations including my school career, without the ability to recognise when I need help I will never be able to effectively communicate my feelings to other people.

Fear affects everybody, however fear is not unconquerable I can only strive to do my best and overcome my fears, that is how I will learn and hopefully I can be the best person I can be. I will leave you with these famous words: “Now I’ve already told you my whole life story, not just based on my description, because where you see it, from where you’re sitting it’s probably 110% different”.