...Abstract definition of Challenge . Facing the fear within myself. Facing our fears is a challenge in a very complicated way in life. When we face our fears it is more complicated than you would think. It is more than facing the fears of thinks like just spiders or the bogyman in the closet. Instead it is about facing fears internally inside you. In order to deal with the challenge of facing fears inside yourself it takes a enormous amount of persistence and the ability to never give up. It also takes the ability to believe in yourself and to believe that you can truly go as far as you aspire. Challenges lead us as human beings to reach higher lofty places in life and reach the best of our potentials Human beings can rise as far as...
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...concept on why should you define your fears, instead of goals. The specific purpose of his speech, is to inform the audience how important it is to be in control of your fears, learn to manage your fears and face them head on by setting by a plan of action. His target audience was college students and business owners. In his speech, he mentions how in his college days he was suicidal because he couldn't handle his fears of failure and rejection. He was very clear about his thoughts on suicide, and a speech coming from a former college student who contemplated suicide is a very powerful message for his target audience. He goes on to say that in his business, he took time away from his business to take a much needed vacation in order to unwind, recharge, and learn to distress from daily obstacles. Similarly, the message to business owners is the same concept, those who don't take risks for fear of loss or failure of making the wrong decisions that can impact their goal setting ways, will always face the fears without taking action....
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...2014 Brendan Praniewicz Anxiety Anxiety is a disorder where people live in fear. The people who suffer with this disorder worry all the time about if something will go wrong. This disorder destroys how people suffering with it live on a daily basis. People suffering with this disorder fear from being judged by others. They fear going out and being a part of society, they fear that they will have a massive panic attack out of know where. This disorder creates social anxiety, affects personal life, and creates panic attacks in the person suffering. Social anxiety is the extreme fear of being scrutinized and judged by others in social or performance situations “Anxiety and depression association of America, 2014.” People dealing with social anxiety have a hard time being in situations that make them have to deal with or be around other people. Here is an example about social anxiety effecting a man named Greg. One day Greg got talked into going to a party with his roommate. However, Greg’s roommate suddenly had to work that day and could no longer attend. Greg now was going alone and had not been able to come up with a good reason to no longer go. When he arrived his anxiety was starting to hit him; he was sweating vigorously. Once he entered the party, he no longer wanted to be there. His new objective for the night was to hide in plain sight and get out as soon as he could (Jantz, 2014). The fear of letting down his roommate made it to where Greg felt obligated to go to this...
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...Over Coming Fear and Doubt There are a lot of ways the people deal with/or not dealing with overcoming fear and doubt. In this article it gives ways to help you decide which direction and steps you want to take as an individual obtain skills needed to overcoming and prosper and reach their full potential. If at all possible don’t avoid the fear make it positive and own your doubts. People give up on their dreams and goals daily but there are 6 simple steps that can be taken to Own IT and overcome. One step is making the decision. You and only you make choices for yourself. The article states “Plant the seed of your dream inside of you and you commit to loving this seed until the day you can harvest the fruits of your efforts.” (Dr. Annette Colby ©2008-2014 Advanced Life Skills) This reminds me of myself! For the last 19 years, I always said I wanted to go back to college, graduate and fulfill something meaningful in life and show my parents that all the hard work, sleepless night, nurturing and trouble I put them through was worth it. When committed to something you are just honoring yourself and even when it gets overwhelming remember this is what you decide and really want out of life. The second step is you are not your fear. The article says that fear is an emotion and if you recognize and accept that, then you can continue to move forward just relax. Stop and think, what steps I can take to succeed or what is motivating you? For me this is what delayed me...
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...is what makes my business exciting. My company, Achievement Unlimited, offers the answer to developing permanent, personal motivation. We have the key to the ignition switch that turns on the adrenaline and wakes up the sleeping giant within us. Since motivation serves as a catalyst to focus the individual’s full potential on accomplishing goals, it is important to gain an understanding of the various methods of motivation. To explain how we do this, I would like to share a short explanation of motivation theory. There are three basic ways to motivate yourself and others: 1.FEAR/ INTIMIDATION MOTIVATION. In fact, fear motivation has been around for a really long time. It is probably the oldest type of motivation. The biggest and strongest people survived and controlled and ruled the weaker people. People are motivated because they fear losing their jobs, they fear the boss, or they fear the feelings of failure. Fear motivation, based on force, coercion, intimidation or punishment, may work for a while, but people who are its target soon learn to ignore the pressure, rebel against it, develop resentments, seek revenge or walk away from it. People build up an immunity to fear and intimidation motivation. They learn to work just hard enough to keep the person they report to off their backs or they don’t do anything without checking with them to make sure it’s okay. Fear motivation disappears as soon as the threat of negative consequence is removed. Fear ceases to motivate...
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...What is your greatest fear in life, athletics and how would you overcome those fears? One of my greatest fears in life would have to be a fire or any major natural disaster. The reason why I consider this one of my greatest fears is because when I was a teenager one of my best friend’s house burnt down. His parents worked really hard to build that house to ensure that both he and his brother would have something to call their own when they pass. The next door neighbor’s house caught on fire due to someone placing a lit candle too close to the curtains causing the house to go up in flames. The fire ended up spreading to my friend’s house and destroyed most of the property. I saw the pain in his parent’s eyes as they watched their home go up in flames and there was nothing they can do about it. In a matter of minutes everything they have worked hard for is gone with no place to call home. Luckily they had family support to help them get back on their feet, but in my eyes the damage was done. To this day I fear that all the sacrifices I make and hard work I put out in order to be successful would be reduced to nothing in the blink of an eye. When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, I was equally devastated. All I could do is imagine myself in a situation like that and wondering what I would do if everything you own and cherish was just taken from you. How do you find the strength to go on? In my opinion the only actions that can be taken to overcome this fear is to be prepared...
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...Skin turns ghost pale, sweat beads down your face, the hair on your neck stands up and your heart begins to beat like a drum. Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, scary, or undesirable. It is an unavoidable emotion experienced by all living creatures. What makes a person afraid? What is it that decides what someone does and doesn’t fear? The amount of anxiety a person experiences in a given time depends on several factors such as culture, past experiences, and upbringing. Natural born fears are also present, and very hard to understand. Fear is a diverse emotion that has been a commonality throughout humanity since humans first walked the planet. Personally, two grave fears I have are the fear of heights and the fear of failure. Acrophobia, the fear of heights, is one of the most common fears on the earth. In fact, nearly five percent of the world’s...
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...The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play written about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. The story shows how people were accused of witchcraft through the corrupt society and killed for their supposed crimes. The time that Arthur Miller lived was filled with fear of communist infiltration into the government and accusations of people who were thought to be communists. Through his use of the Salem witch trials in The Crucible, Arthur Miller effectively illustrates the lives ruined from accusations during the Red Scare, showing the irrational way of dealing with paranoia and mob mentality leading to these accusations. The paranoia growing in people’s minds led to accusations during both the Red Scare and Salem witch trials. In the 1950s communism seemed like America’s greatest fear. The thought of communists infiltrating the American government was terrifying to Americans. With such fear of something comes paranoia of it. Because of this situation,...
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...drastically and she saw it as a personal obstacle. But as she progressed in life, she realized that she should not try to get rid of this problem, but instead she needed to embrace it, live with it and most importantly, getting rid of the fear of it. That eventually caused her to be able to manage her stuttering problem. She took her own life example and applied it to other obstacles people might have such as writing with your left hand or stage fright. I find the resolution that Clare had on her situation to be quite interesting. The message she was trying to give off has the potential to affect the lives of many people, especially those who struggle with personal struggles in their lives. Dealing with your issues can be a great hassle, and it is always important for people to find more than one solution to any...
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... Anxiety attack is referred to a panic attack of time overmastering fear which occurs without any sort of warning and without any antipated grounds. I suffer from anxiety it’s been four years since last time. A week ago, while at home. I received a phone called from my son’s school advising me to rush to the school immediately. The teacher stated he wasn’t feeling well and seem to be unresponsive. I began to feel my heart racing, my palms sweaty and nerveness. As I rushed to the scene, I decided to call the school back to see what happed. I was told to get to my son as soon as possible. I called nine one one. My heart stared racing, I had difficulty breathing shaking and in fear of losing control. When I made it to the school I saw my son blue in the face and unresponsive. I felt like I was about to faint. I was crying calling out to my son to answer me. The paramedics were tring to claim ne down. I was unable to make out my words. I was trying to stop and think. They calm me down knowing he was alright and well. Throughout the night I felt my symptoms trying to come back. My fingers were numb with a tingling sensation. I had trouble sleeping that night. I found myself waking up in a panic to check to see if he was alright. Anxiety could generally be a onetime result but often it is seen the effects are ongoing process. As an individual who suffer from panic attacks regularly it affect my everyday living a healthy life. People often ask “what are anxiety attacks”...
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...Writer’s Memo #1: “The Things I Carry” Inspiration Chapter In the chapter “The Things I Carry” by O’Brien, O’Brien lists things that the soldiers of his platoon carry, either tangible or intangible. The soldiers carry things ranging from “their grandmother’s distaste for the white man” to their girlfriend's pantyhose around their neck. Some soldiers carry more intangible things like emotions. Ted Lavender carried fear and tranquilizers to combat said fear. This chapter reminded me of the multiple intangible emotions I carry. Depression and anxiety. For most of my life I have carried these emotions as they drag me down. They are a part of me, they are what make me, me. I’ve gone through some tough times while dealing with these everyday...
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...STRESS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS It wasn’t but just a few years ago I myself was someone that was looking forward to going to college. All that I had ever heard were the good things that college provided and how fun it can be. It was only a few weeks after I had started that I began to see how stressful college was going to be. Through my personal experience, observation and conversing with others I then realized how big of a factor that “stress” is in college. Stress is something that can literally beat you up physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically. When people start to think about college, lots of the time stress is something that is overlooked. A lot of people soon find out that stress will overwhelm you if not dealt with properly. It’s not surprising that college is a huge jump and a big life change. I have found that some of the hardest things to deal with in college are friendships, independent living, life situations and self-doubt. These are only a few of the stressors that people run into, but these seem to be some of the major stressors. Not to mention that all these stressors can lead to illness and disease. All of the mental and physical problems that stress can cause are unbelievable. For example, 16% of 20-24 year olds are hypertensive which relates to apoplexy that can be caused by stress. “Cardiovascular disorders, of which apoplexy is one, kill more Americans each year than any other disease” (Bakris 2007). This shows that stress does not discriminate...
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...Dealing with a defiant child can be tricky. Every person, especially children, learn differently. Because of this, every child does not necessarily react the same way to certain “punishments” as other children. I have run a daycare out of my home for several years. While some children can be easily redirected to doing a different task, other children needed to be placed in “time out” in order for them to calm down. I have two children. A 12 year old daughter who is in honors class and a 5 year old autistic daughter. While my 12 year old daughter was always very mellow, I could correct her behavior by simply redirecting her or talking with her about her actions. If it became severe enough for punishment, it would seem to shatter her world. She would be devastated. My 5 year old, however, is a different story. She does not grasp the concept of discussing what it is she is having a difficult time with, and redirection only frustrates her. The only real way to get through to her is for her to see real consequences to her actions (ie: taking away toys and/or privileges, seeing that her actions have hurt her friends, etc.). Because she has a behavior disability, it can be quite challenging when dealing with her defiance. I feel both redirection and punishment are excellent ways to help in dealing with a defiant child. Depending on the child’s personality, one method may work while the other will not even faze them. It is up to us, as adults, to decipher the children’s learning...
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...4-Mat Review; Leming and Dickinson Laura Romine Liberty University Abstract Authors Leming and Dickinson (2011) bring the discussion of death, dying and bereavement into the 21st century. Focusing the reader’s attention with a renewed perspective in thanatology, authors help redefine, perpetuate conversation, and add relevance to the topic harmoniously. Orienting the reader to individualistic theories that reach beyond universal attentions, Leming and Dickinson (2011) guide the discussion into a new era of defining a natural, yet, unavoidable topic. A re-education of sorts, thanatology is revived in accordance to contemporary day and time. Keywords: spirituality, death, dying, bereavement, suicide 4-Mat Review; Leming and Dickinson Leming & Dickinson (2011), pen about the manner of dying, death and bereavement supported by research and contemporary social theories. Emphasizing experiential knowledge which reinforces concepts of death, dying, and bereavement, a social-psychological tactic was employed throughout the four chapters. Life span comparisons expanded the reader’s perspective. Not to leave out other approaches, concepts are advanced through biological, philosophical and anthropological edifications as well. These systems reveal the interactivity of behavior and subjectivity within the subject matter. Summary Chapter one develops death and dying through the lens of human development and educational theories. Approaching death and dying by means of...
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...advocacy for the counseling profession, however, I got the sense that as she is growing a new business, her focus at this point in time is specifically on her clients and not necessarily the counseling profession as a whole in terms of specific advocacy for the profession or sub-sections of the profession. After some thought, I realized how important it is for therapists to have a keen eye on advocating for the profession, especially as the profession is “newer” than others. This will be something I hope to continue to consider an important aspect of my professional life once I...
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