...18, 2012 Social Significance Argument: Fear Fear and anxiety, two words similar but distinctly different from each other. One is more of a perception of thought while the other is more of lingering apprehensions in which the sources of may totally be unclear. Many times daily people everyday distinguish the two in many forms. Most people are aware that the science behind fear is a bit different than the science of anxiety. An example would be the sudden reimagining’s of imagery and scenarios when someone threatens to kill you with a gun, knife, or any other object (fear) is much different from the nausea, dizziness, and “butterflies” in your stomach when wondering if you passed a some kind of test or not. Many people today go through this and are alive but aren’t living to the fullest all due to inhibitions and limiters we consciously or even subconsciously put on ourselves because traumatic events that have had. It’s truly no way to live. All of us (Mankind and others) in general need to realize if we keep holding ourselves back for reasons of anxiety and fear than we’ll always be asking ourselves and even say “What if”? It does go without saying I am no exception to this fact of life. There was definitely a time in my life where I was dealt with these problems. It was in the summer of 2003. It was a pretty cool year. I made lots of friends and many things went without a hitch too. But there was that one moment in my life that made it a great year for me. During...
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...it difficult for me to get my message across in a presentation. This class has shown me several techniques to recognize my fear and work towards my goal of becoming an effective speaker. Working towards that goal of becoming an effective speaker will provide an enormous advantage in my goal of becoming an entrepreneur. Through the many exercises in critical thinking, debates, and PowerPoint presentations, you realize how communication is crucial in achieving success. Analyzing the communication process and focusing on the skills required to become an attentive listener has changed my viewpoint in daily interactions. Understanding non-descriptive communication has proven to be vital in improving my interpersonal skills and given me an insight to the receiver’s reaction to my message. “Nonverbal cues can be just as powerful when it comes to sending and receiving information” (Cheesebro, O’Connor, Francisco, 20 p. 10). Knowing the audience allows me to arrange my message for maximum comprehension. This course has also given me an insight into my strengths and weaknesses leading to an improvement in my critical thinking process. “People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically” (Elder, 2007). Developing proper communication has proven to be the most valuable lesson in this course. Without the knowledge and understanding of the communication process and submitting to my fears of public speaking, my career plans fall to mediocre...
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...My Fear by Lawrence Raab struck me as a simplistic poem when first read. Upon the first reading I understood that Raab was talking about the emotion of fear, but once I read it again you couldn’t help but pick up on the obvious personification that Raab uses. I believe that to be the overall literary device that he uses in this poem. He refers to fear, an emotion, as “he” and “mister” giving it a much more personal backbone. “Mr. Fear” shows how Raab has respect for him and what he does. He doesn’t want fear to not exist, but instead he acknowledges fear’s existence. Raab gives fear its own emotions by saying, “Maybe he smiles when he finds the right one. Maybe he’s sorry.” I also feel like in this poem, Raab is talking about a nightmare. Nightmares always induce fear into our peaceful rest. The poem talks about dreams and what fear has in store for them. He also asks fear to make his burden he takes from him to be small and easy to get rid of. I tried to find some underlying meaning to the part of the poem where it says, “Fear, let me have a small brown bat and a purse of crickets...,” but I still wasn’t sure. A brown bat might represent a boy because boys play baseball and the purse would represent a girl. But I was still unaware how it tied into the fear notion. The overall theme that Raab is trying to get across with this poem is that fear is alive. It’s an emotion everyone feels, but it is also something that lives inside each person. It feeds off our deepest thoughts...
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...thought of having to step in front of my peers and give a speech. Speaking in front of a crowd is my fear. I can just imagine it standing there, jabbering. Thinking about it makes me sweat and afraid. When my teacher announced that we have to present our essays, I was consumed with worry and dread ever since that day. I feel a nervous excitement at the thought; I won’t have to deal with it after today. Seating at my desk, I fantasize about elaborate ways of escaping. Build a time machine and travel past the day of January 28th, second period or hypnotize Mrs. Smith my English teacher to forget me. Some of my anxiety is calmed as I fantasize, until I awake. Flung back into cold hard reality. I see David my class mate heading back to his seat. Oh how I envy him, I want to be him. Born and raised with his native tongue of English he has no problem speaking fluently, even in front of the class. Here I am the foreigner sitting in my first ever English class ready to explode. Mrs. Smith congratulates him on his paper. She then starts to look around. At this moment, I try to make myself look as small as mouse, avoid eye contact at all cost and imagine myself invisible. I’m busted. “Key RO Bell” Mrs. Stanly murders my beautiful name and I hate her for it. Not that I ever cared if people mispronounced my name but now it’s different. My heart is beating fast, as I nod in response. I can hear it loud in my ear. I looked to see if anyone else heard it. My neighbor, nope he looked to have worries...
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...Fear, an affliction that plagues all animal species. Just as an ant will fear a boot, the wolf will fear the fire, and a cat will fear water. Evolution creates a wariness of dangers that members of the species died of; falling from high places, burning to death, poisonous snakes, and beasts we couldn’t see in the dark. Our own minds have even evolved fear from our own experiences and for some, it can be a crippling that prevents one from being able to move. And yet, all my life people have told me to conquer my fears despite the rationality of what is said to fear. Regardless of this advice, I believe that being afraid is okay and that you are allowed to be afraid. Conquering my fears never made it onto my bucket list, it was never something I strived to do. I was afraid of heights before but it was something that could be ignored. I,for example, leaned off the top of the ladder to hammer a nail in for my Auntie. I was afraid, but it never seemed like it was this great obstacle to be overcome. However that was before we went on our trip to Banff....
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...Everyone has fears, whether it’s internal or a physical fear. For example, people could be scared of being alone which is an internal fear. Others are of the dark, spiders, bears, and more which is a physical fear. Some people love the feeling of fear, others hate it. I personally am scared of the dark, spiders, and not having my phone or headphones on me. The last one is a weird fear, but it seriously scares me. The dark is so terrifying, I detest the dark. So many bad things can happen in the dark, you can’t see anything and it’s terrifying. After you watch so many scary movies and everything happens in the dark, you start imagining things in the dark. It’s almost like your hallucinating but it’s really just your head. It makes you feel...
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...My greatest childhood fear Why do people have fears? Why do we let fears control our lives? I never thought I would ever get over my own fears. These fears made my childhood very difficult and hard to deal with. However for me as a young child, I was afraid of dogs, falling, and the darkness. Being afraid of dogs was one of my biggest fears. One day I was walking down the street from school and I felt like I had walked upon one of the biggest dogs I had ever seen. The dog stood behind a gate taller than I. It looked at me standing there nerves and shaking. As I look at his sharp teeth and him foaming at the mouth as if I was a full course meal. As he started to bark I felt something warm run down my leg. Every time a dog would bark at me I get scared. Another big fear of mine was a fear of leaves. There are a lot of things out there to be afraid of, and there seem to be phobia about falling of the of the roof or a bridge. As I got older, my parents told me to look down whenever I was surrounded by leaves and jump up and down and crash them all. And it would be just like killing them. It took me a long time to get over my fear but it worked. I am also afraid of the dark. I could not sleep in my room without leaving the light on. When I went to sleep in the dark, I started to imagine things like monsters and other things that would scare me. To me a monster was something that would eat you alive and not care. I was afraid that it would write my parents...
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...Name : Nitu Poudel FEAR Fear is something that is born in every personalities and it is universal emotion. Some people have lots of fear and some have less but it's not something that can be ignored. Even God has fear. Fear is a that emotion, which can lead you to either become a great person or a broke one. If you take fear in a positive way then it can improve and direct you to obtain your goals. For example, "Fear of failure, Fear of death and Fear of other". If you follow these fear in a positive manner then you can be a successful person and you should always have fear. In the same way, if you do not have fear of anything then you would obviously continue to do whatever you like that you make you the worthless human or we can say thing in the world. Same ways, if you have lots and lots of fear within yourself and tend to do nothing but just stay wherever you are, then you will be the biggest looser anyone will ever see. Accordingly, fear is such a thing that can be explained in different ways. In my life, fear plays an important role. In each and every step, first I feel the fear whether I can succeed this task or not then I move on taking it positive in a safe way as much as possible. For example, I do not know how to drive a vehicle and I am learning this task. But I have a deep fear of the thought of having an accident. Because of the fear of having an accident, I will not stop learning how to drive but I will learn to...
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...individual. Nonetheless, some teach lessons, while others are memories of happiness and love. Above all, the most memorable events are those that are life changing. This essay focuses on a major memorable event that happened to me at a quite tender age, and which taught me an important lesson, which I still find of use and influence up to this stage of my life. If I close my eyes and think about my life since my childhood period to the present stage of my life, I recount many things and major events that I have experienced. However, it is possible that these are not all the experiences I have had in my life, as I did not master the less important events. There are those events that I treasure, and find hard to forget, while others are mere memories of the past, with no major influence. Nonetheless, some of these events are small and meaningless, while others are enormous and unforgettable. Some of the memories associated with these events bring feelings of pain, foolishness, or better others are plain lessons in life. These events in life have shaped the person I am today. I remember vividly on that cold chilly morning on my way to take a bus to...
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...brings on an array of concerns and challenges; can I do this, what happens if I fail, how do I juggle my personal responsibilities, will this degree even matter? Now there are credible fears and ludcrious fears in life and for me all these fears boil down to the fear of failure- I don’t want to go through all this hardship and end up flat on my face. I even would go as far to say that most of my early life’s disillusionment stemmed from this fear. Rather than try I would just be critical of those who did. Taking my education and viewing it as a life enhancement will help me during the times of struggle towards my degree. Ultimately, whether or not this gets me a better paying job, the tools I learn here will help me in all the endeavors of my life. Taking this approach will impact the outlook when life wont work how I think it should based on what I’ve done. The question now is, understanding the challenges I face, how will I take responsibility of my success? As I’ve alluded to before, the first step is to transform the way I think. It will do me no good when the struggles arise if I look at college with resentment. I must see this as value added. For me, when things are a positive, it makes it easier to handle the bad that always come along with it. The follow through with this will be the pratical application of this mindset. Some of these would be to prioritize my time and make the most of it when I have it. In conclusion, I find that life is a summation of choices...
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...Public Speaking: Fear at its Finest The day when I spot a big, black, hairy spider and refrain from screaming will most likely never come. But, the day when I am one hundred percent confident to give a public speech is somewhere in the near future. How do I know this? Through my public speaking course this semester, I completed an anxiety survey. Although I was already aware that I have a slight fear of public communication, this self-examination revealed to me my speaking apprehension score that was labeled with a specific level of anxiety. Not only, though, was I faced with a given intensity of anxiety, I was learning things about myself that I never thought I would obtain such an insight to. Moderate: the level at which my public speaking apprehension score happened to fall. I recognized right away that I wasn’t necessarily in the higher or lower range. This assisted me in looking at the glass as half full, which happens to be an obligation if I plan to eliminate this category of anxiety from my life. As I sat and thought about my score, it hit me that I over emphasized my partial fear of publicly speaking in front of large groups of people. What I thought was going to be the end of the world was really just normal amounts of tension, stress, and anxiety that I was way too easily letting get to me. Seeing these results brought to my attention strengths that can assist my in kicking public speaking anxiety: I radiate optimism, am smart and energetic, and I have confidence...
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...Time appeared to stand still as I waited in my seat. My turn was soon to come, and my hands were drenched in sweat. My mind was racing as I was so nervous about what my other students would think of my speech. I tried desperately to keep my paper from rattling while trying to remember it one last time, My heart dropped as I heard the dreadful words “next”. Now every nerve in my body seemed like a strained harp-string ready to snap at a touch.Every, and or any change in my behavior, and movement was being closely watched by my peers. The upset feeling started to cloud my thoughts, as I tried to scramble the next words to convey. This was one of the hardest things for me to do, but in my case, anxiety disorders happened to be more than limited concern or panic. Many often mistaken mental disorders for weakness or self-indulgence, and because of the serious interior functional impairment social phobia can cause, help is usually not amiable. For many people Infrequent anxiety happens to be a average part of their life, and may not go away. Basically, all phobias are anxiety disorders, clumped in the same catagory as post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. Anxiety disorders are, essentially, based on fear(Winnerman6). Social Anxiety Disorder (social phobia) “is the world’s third biggest mental health care problem today”(Richards1). Despite the brief anxiety, people with social phobia are typically introverts, silent, and not in favor of being the life of the party(Stein...
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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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...Each and every person is unique and has their own experiences, but if there’s anything that we all have in common is having fear. Fear is a feeling that everyone has felt at one point in their life; whether it’s fear of spiders, public speaking or heights everyone has felt it and has possibly tried to overcome it. In my case my fear was roller coasters back in eighth grade and just like many people I was determined to overcome my fear. There are three things to look forward to in eighth grade; being the oldest and feeling a sense or leadership, being the last year of your middle school experience, and the end of year field trip to Six Flags. Of course I was excited for all these things except for one, the Six Flags field trip. However, fourteen...
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...Death I remember when I was younger; I used to just not think about it. I would say “I’m not afraid to die, I’m afraid of pain.” But that was a lie I told myself. I had an irrational fear of dying that was very real. I was raised in a baptism church. We believed in life after death in heaven. And if this is true then why do so many people fear death? Perhaps deep inside I long for proof, Okay I know we should have faith, but I think we just accept things better when we can see a glimpse of the truth. I was blessed to spend sometimes prior to my grandmon passing away. I cherished the time spent with her and feel blessed that I was able to witness a beautiful moment. My sister received a phone call from my mother that the time was near and if we wanted to say good bye we needed to get to Macon GA. Daddy and sister and I got on a plane and headed out. By the time we arrived Grandmon was in and out of consciousness. One moment she knew who I was the next she would think I was my mother. This is when I experienced what I could only describe as a miracle well to me it was. It was the moment that I realized there was life after death. As Grandmon lay there in what looked like a deep sleep, she was talking to people in the room that only she could see. I remember her expression on her face was that of pure peace. At first we thought she was dreaming and when we touched her, her body was very cold. After we touch her, she would become warn again and then her face...
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