...What is this thing that we call fear? The dictionary defines fear as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous or likely to cause pain. However, is there more to fear than what it is just defined as? Although there may be, fear is an inevitable thing that everyone possesses, but why is this so? Might we be able to overcome this? According to the written definition of fear, it is caused by something that is likely to cause pain, but this is not always true. Fear cannot always be a bad thing which is shown by two examples. The first being, the fear of dying most likely keeps you from jumping off of a bridge. A crude example perhaps, but it stands true. The second example being, the high interest that people have in horror movies, haunted houses or anything of the sort that can give them an adrenaline rush also shows that fear might not always be a negative thing. These examples bot show us why fear can better what we do instead of preventing or hindering us from something....
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...The Fear (The major point of my paper is about the fear that people feel when they try to change and what they should do to overcome the fear.) Thesis Statement: As we see the characters, Wallace and Ronald Pryzbylewski in the Wire, overcoming fear can be a first step to change. (Introduction: This paragraph explains what I will cover in my writing.) People do not change easily. Many people fall in love with similar people and hurt because of similar reasons. They recognize their mistakes, but make the same mistakes over and over again. Why? One reason is they are doing it wrong. But another reason runs deeper. They are afraid to change. The decided personality is not changed easily like the foot stamp on the wet cement. Although the reasons for resisting change can be external and situational, I claim that the most damaging fears are internal because the individual is with the problem and situation. As we see the characters, Wallace and Ronald Pryzbylewski in the Wire, overcoming fear can be a first step to change. Four of the most prevalent common fears are: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of criticism, and fear of the new thing. (Give two examples that whether overcome the fears or not. These three example paragraphs show how they overcome the fears and how to change or not.) Here are examples from the Wire, the TV show. One is the person who overcome the fear, Ronald Pryzbylewski, and another is the person who does not overcome the fear, Wallace. Pryzbylewski...
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...know what are phobias. are they natural? .and What causes phobias to occur? how do you get rid of it? Almost everyone has an irrational fear or two—of mice, for example, or your annual dental checkup. For most people, these fears are minor. But, when fears become so severe that they cause tremendous anxiety and interfere with your normal life, they’re called phobias. If you have a phobia, you probably realize that your fear is unreasonable, yet you still can’t control your feelings. Just thinking about the feared object or situation may make you anxious. And when you’re actually exposed to the thing you fear, the terror is automatic and overwhelming. The experience is so nerve-wracking that you may go to great lengths to avoid it — inconveniencing yourself or even changing your lifestyle. If you have claustrophobia, for example, you might turn down a lucrative job offer if you have to ride the elevator to get to the office. If you have a fear of heights, you might drive an extra twenty miles in order to avoid a tall bridge. Understanding your phobia is the first step to overcoming it. It’s important to know that phobias are common. Having a phobia doesn’t mean you’re crazy! It also helps to know that phobias are highly treatable. You can overcome your anxiety and fear, no matter how out of control it feels. And there are 3 tips about phobia treatment: 1: Face your fears, one step at a time It’s only natural to want to avoid the thing or situation you fear. But...
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...Adversity in The Chronicles of Narnia By: Rowan Edy 599025003 The trials and hardships in life is what builds us as people. Adversity and setbacks are what make what and us we learn from to better ourselves in the field of all aspects of life. The four siblings, (Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy) in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia all experience great adversity. How they deal with these failures and overcome them is an example of humanity and coming of age. The beginning of the movie pans out to German bombers flying over London. The Pevensies are seen rushing to a bomb shelter in their backyard. World war two is a time of adversity in it’s own terms. The Pevensie’s are living during the London Blitz, when Germans would constantly bombard English cities. The children learn quickly through the misery of having to leave war-torn London that living there is a failure within itself and that they must live in the countryside of Scotland to be safe. The children's father is fighting as a foot soldier in the British army. Peter, the eldest brother immediately takes on the parental role of the family, alongside Susan, his sister after his mother remains in London. Already the children have to grow faster than normal circumstances, as they have to be strong and guide the two younger siblings. This sets the tone of for the film, as the children experience a loneliness, heartache and frustration and great adversity inside the world of Narnia. Almost all the characters experience...
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...In the aforementioned “I Have a Dream Speech”, Martin Luther King needed to change the way many people in America were thinking with the threat of death hanging around him. The type of courage that Dr. King must have needed had to be long lasting, strong, and aware of what consequences could occur. But for many people, this type of courage isn’t always needed. In an online survey conducted, participants were asked to give their definition of what bravery/courage was. After four days, the survey showed 75% of the answers were defined with verbs such as “overcoming” and “standing up for”, making their definitions of bravery and courage as actions. In addition to this, in some situations, there simply is no time for a long thought process to occur in order to be brave. In the conventional heroic acts of courage that most people think of, like rescuing someone from danger, it isn’t possible to complete the process to accomplish what needs to be done. Additionally, though courage may take some time to build up, this is not the same as courage being a process. It is undeniable that courage doesn’t always come to a person immediately, but takes time to build up. There is a process of creating confidence and thinking it through, but the actual accomplishment of courage is an action. In her Ted Talk, politician and Girls Who Code founder, Reshma...
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...Explaining Phobia Student’s Name PSYCH/504 Date Teacher’s name Explaining Phobia Phobias are very common. The Association of Psychiatry defines phobia as an excessive and persistent fear of a specific thing (American Psychiatric Association, 2012). Sally, who has a dog phobia since she was in second grade because of a negative experience has anxiety when she meets someone and is asked to go to a new place where she does not know if there is a dog present or not. To explain Sally’s phobia and how it was developed theories are used on how or why she developed the fear of dogs. Phobias can be explained by classical conditions, operant conditioning, and observational learning. Overcoming phobias can be done with extinction and cognitive theory. Phobias Are Created Sally seems to have had a negative experience with dogs at a young age. She could have had an operant conditioning. Operant conditioning could have occurred if there was a negative reinforcer for a behavior she did. Maybe her parents punished her with a negative punishment that included dogs. If Sally is scared of dogs it could be a classical conditioning. Her parents or someone she was close to may have told her that dogs are mean and that she needed to be afraid of dogs. She could have created this phobia from others telling her that she needed to stay away from dogs because they could bite her. Another method that Sally could have created the phobia was from observing others...
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...Change……………………………………………………………………………………………3 3.0 Stakeholder Power……………………………………………………………………………………………4 4.0 Managements Role in Change………………………………………………………………………….5 5.0 Analysing Change and Overcoming Resistance to Change……………………………….6 6.0 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 7.0 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 1.0 Introduction A report analysing change within J. D. Wetherspoon has been requested by City of Glasgow BC&S tutor: M. Glencross. The report will investigate changes in strategy and factors that may cause change and recommend ways for management to cope with change. The objectives of the report are to answer the four listed questions: * Explain why the strategy of J.D Wetherspoon changed over time, making reference to ‘forces for change’ * Explain how the power of stakeholders led to change in J.D Wetherspoon * Explain the role that management of J.D Wetherspoon could have played in dealing with the changes that occurred after the year 2000. * Provide recommendations for J.D Wetherspoon management to help them analyse a change situation and overcome any resistance to change 2.0 Forces For Change J.D. Wetherspoons strategy changed over time due to: competition, licensing legislation, cultural changes affecting what customers wanted from pubs and growth and profits slowing down. It is evident from the case study...
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...Aquaphobia Fear of Water | Isis N’tara Aidid Solomon | A paper looking into the causes, symptoms, and treatment for the fear of water. | | We’re all afraid of something in life whether that is a fear of spiders, fear of the ghosts, and even in some extreme instances a fear of pickles. One of the most common fears is Aquaphobia which is defined as a social phobia that is a persistent, unwarranted, and irrational fear of water. This fear is not to be confused with Hydrophobia which represents the fear of water developed in later stages of Rabies (Olesen, 2015). Nearly 19.2 million Americans suffer from specific phobias such as Aquaphobia. Those who suffer from this phobia see themselves dying in water, drowning, or believe that they will come face to face with something unforeseen in the water that could lead to their demise. The fear of drowning is a common sensible fear; however it becomes something more once the person feels an overwhelming sense of anxiety around all bodies of water like oceans and bathtubs. To better understand this phobia we must look at the causes, symptoms, and treatments. Aquaphobia like many other phobias can be caused by an initial traumatic incident that has happened to a person. This can include a time where someone almost drowned or fallen into a body of water. For example if one were pushed into a body of water when they were not expecting it this could be considered as a traumatic experience for them that could lead to an...
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...Disorders: Journey to Recovery Workbook 4 *Desperately Seeking Self: An Inner Guidebook For People With Eating Problems 5 *Life without ED: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too 5 Overcoming Overeating 6 *Overcoming Binge Eating 6 *The Anorexia Workbook: How To Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering, And Reclaim Your Life 6 *The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook 7 *Skinny Boy: A Young Man’s Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia 7 When Dieting Becomes Dangerous: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Anorexia and Bulimia……………7 Body Image and Self-Esteem 8 *Body Image Workbook: An 8-step Program For Learning To Like Your Looks (2nd Ed.) 8 *Body Love: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves 8 *Feeling Good About the Way You Look………………………..……………………………..8 Girls Rock: Wise Teens Offer Tweens and Moms Advice on Healthy Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Personal Empowerment.9 Life Doesn’t Begin Five Pounds From Now 9 Love your Body: Change the Way You Feel about the Body You Have 9 *Self Esteem Comes In All Sizes 9 Healthy Eating and Balanced Lifestyle 10 Eat, Drink and Be Mindful: How to End Your Struggle with Mindless Eating and Start Savoring Food 10 *Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares us into Our Greatest Gift 10 *Exercise Balance 11 *I'm, Like, So Fat: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed...
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...and educate on racial injustice (Prendergrast 2). The dominant theme of the novel is prejudice and ultimately the courage needed to overcome prejudice. There are three main types of prejudice that are explored in the novel; racial prejudice, social prejudice and fear of the unknown. Racial prejudice is present throughout the novel in the people of Maycomb’s everyday life, as it is a novel set in the ‘deep south’ of America in the 1930’s. This period is not so long after the American civil war, so slavery’s abolishment had occurred not all that long ago, and the horror of slavery was still on the mind of many black people at the time (Brundage 86). Because of this, most people’s attitudes towards black people had not changed very much. The situation that shows the best examples of racial prejudice is the trial of Tom Robinson. In his trial, Tom Robinson is misjudged and mistreated because he is black. One of the clearest examples of this is the way in which Mr. Gilmer, Tom’s prosecutor, calls Tom “boy.” He uses a tone of voice towards Tom, which one would use when talking to a child. This makes Tom look very foolish. The only reason Mr. Gilmer speaks this way, is because Tom is black. An even more extreme example of racial prejudice is Tom Robinson’s trial verdict. All of the evidence produced by Atticus, Tom’s attorney, makes it clear that Tom is innocent, yet Tom is found “guilty”. This decision is clearly based on the...
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...kind nor evil but with a pure state of mind. Not knowing what is right and wrong, virtue can guide people to knowing what is good. But what exactly is virtue? According to Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics, virtue is described as neither a feeling nor capacity but a settled state or disposition. It is shown as a state that allows people to aim for what is transitional and also what decides the mean between two practices, one of being overly full and the other being a lack of. A great example of a common virtue would be courage. People usually depict courage as being strong and facing danger without fear. But this common assumption isn’t what true courage is. In reference to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, there are those who appear to be courageous and those who are actual courageous people. Therefore what exactly is a courageous person and how do we distinguish from one to another? Aristotle describes courage in the text through the various principles taken from virtue and examples of those who have a part of what is considered courageous. It starts out with the balance of the mean between fear and confidence. People portray fear as everything that seems bad. They fear all bad things such as bad reputation, poverty, sickness, savage and death but none of these should be a concern for a courageous person. For example, fear of bad reputation is actually considered a normal and fine thing because it’s better to fear reputation than not having any feelings of disgrace at all...
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...individual to fit their personality and career choice, how to make an A+ resume to get hired on the spot and gives strategies for overcoming the top six fears that young adults face in their lifetime. Combs wants young adults to discover their passion in life and use that passion to find the perfect job. Quite frankly, Combs indeed does “help hundreds of thousands of students...
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...Executive Summary Glossophobia is the fear of speaking in public settings. People with an anxiousness of public speaking likely either exhibit the phobia or similar symptoms related to the phobia. The purpose of this report is to find and understand ways to deal with public speaking anxieties as it is a common fear among the general population. This report focuses on defining glossophobia, or more commonly referred to as public speaking anxiety (PSA), and elaborating on strategies/tips for overcoming this phobia. Symptoms of public speaking anxiety can be feeling intense anxiety prior to, or at the thought of having to verbally communicate to a group of people. Another symptom would be feeling physical distress, nausea, or feelings of panic in some cases. Possessing good public speaking skills is a very important skill one can possess and having this skill to speak efficiently and effectively to an audience gives a person numerous advantages throughout their lifetime. This report is to help our audience understand the different ways of overcoming PSA in hopes of achieving a better communication process during presentations, work environments, or any situation that may require speaking in a public setting. This report focuses on six strategies to accomplish this: 1) preparation, which focuses on preparation of the speech and content before the actual speech; 2) know your audience, which helps for a better communication process of the message; 3) creating an outline, which...
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...risky decisions to be made. Courage is the ability to overcome one's fears both inner and outer for the sake of doing what is morally right. Being courageous is often associated with physical actions. A man runs out into the line of fire to save a child and earns a courageous title, however it is not the act of running that gives him that title. He earns that description because he stands up to his fears in the hopes of doing a moral justice. Different forms of courage are shown in many pieces of literature and TKAM is no exception. These people allow for an answer to the question, what is courage? Many characters in the novel exhibit courage;...
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...Desensitization is a type of behavior therapy (McLeod, 2008). Developed by Wale in the 1950s, systematic desensitization was based on classical conditioning principle. Systematic Desensitization is used to treat the fear of phobias that a person may have. Systematic Desensitization uses two techniques the hierarchy of fear and relaxation techniques (McLeod, 2008). How Systematic Desensitization Works The first step in systematic desensitization is to provide a patient with some relaxation techniques ("wiseGEEK," 2003-2013.) This is used to help the patient to remain calm during the next step in system desensitization. The second step in system desensitization is to create a hierarchy of fear ("wiseGEEK," 2003-2013.) This is step is done with the help of the therapist. Both therapist and patient create a list of things that frighten him or her or what things may through him or her into a panic. The list is composed of things that frighten the patient the least to the things that may frighten the patient the most. The hierarchy of fear will help the therapist to know which phobias to start within a systematic desensitization program. Next the client will have to imagine him or herself in feared situations (Ankrom, 2013). An example would be a person who has a fear of speaking in front of large crowds. First, the patient will need to imagine him or her talking in front of a small crowd of people. With the growing anxiety, he or she will need use the relaxation techniques...
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