that year, I signed up for Facebook. Looking back, those panic-stricken authority figures and fingers wagging in my general direction only made me want to be online more. I never understood the fear they had towards the general…
Fear can be a very crippling emotion. When I was little, my biggest fear was falling off of a bicycle. I was always afraid of bicycles because I watched my best friend fall off of one and break her arm. As I got older, however, I realized that learning how to ride a bike could be very beneficial, as well as a lot of fun. Something I did not know at the time, however, was that learning how to ride would end up being beneficial to me in other ways as well. One day, when I was about eight years old…
Fear. Fear is a very common feeling that thousands of people experience on a daily basis. Overcoming that thing that you are fearful of makes you stronger, no matter how big or little that fear is. You can learn to overcome that fear and become more tough in the long-run. One thing that I was immensely fearful of was trying something new and failing at it. So when my older brother brought home the latest trend, a Ripstik, I decided that even if I failed at learning to ride this complicated toy I…
Why do we fear of death The fear of death and dying isn't uncommon. Most of us fear death to some degree. There is some evidence, however, that a "good death" is more difficult to achieve when death is feared -- an important reason to try to face the fear and perhaps overcome it. Fear of death is so common that it has spurred multiple research projects and intrigued everyone from scholars to thanatologists to religious leaders around the world. Some interesting findings have emerged from studying…
crimes that have been committed. Crime can also be considered an independent variable. You will ask things like how does the crime that was committed affect the actual sentencing outcomes, how does the types and number of crimes affect the overall fear of crime, and how does the levels of crime that is violent throughout the community impact the policing policies and decisions on a local level. The measurement of crime involves collecting the data that represents the problems that are being targeted…
struggle with fear. Fear is a common disease. There are two species of fear. Both are deadly to our life in the long run. We will discuss how to deal with both of them. Remember that the road to becoming braver is not easy. That is why most people do not practice it. Avoidance Fear Avoidance fear comes up when we hear something that we are unwilling to try or do. Avoidance fear manifests when the toddler refuses to hold his mother's hand during a walk through the park. Avoidance fears limit our opportunities…
animal abuse. Fear is an emotion experienced in the minds and bodies of most living beings when believed that someone or something else is threatening, dangerous, and/or prone or perceived to inflict physical or mental pain. Fear can arouse a number of different emotional reactions that include horror and anxiety, among others. Fear in humans can lead to the act of causing injustices when or if a person’s initial responsive actions to the fear are with anger, angst, or panic. Fear in the minds of…
been so scared to do something it affected your life? I have, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was only in the fourth grade when I found out I had stage fright, ever since then I have always been determined to overcome my fear but I never succeeded. If I could change something about myself it would be my stage fright. I was in fourth grade and I was asked by my best friends Sedina and Joshua to sing in the talent show with them, and I was too nice to say no. Joshua and Sedina had no idea what…
Fear: the mere sight of the word makes some of us cringe. It is a feeling we have all dealt with at one time or another. It is something that we first experience as children, and are conditioned to respond to in many different ways. Some of us live in constant fear; of accidents, of bad people doing us harm, or of physical ailments. Others simply take things as they come in life, whether they are good or bad things. In the dictionary, fear is defined as: "a feeling of agitation or anxiety caused…
Why do we Fear Death? Why do we Fear Death? Many of us fear death to some degree at some point of our lives. To some it’s as early as teenage years, and to others, it’s later in their mid 30’s. We as individuals see fear and death at different levels. Before I get in detail, lets first define death and fear, then we can see how they are correlated. According to Merriam-Webster, fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, or…