to deliver more oxygen to the muscles. Functions of the digestive and immune systems stop‚ allowing the body to focus all its energy against the imminent danger. During this process‚ it becomes increasingly difficult to focus on anything but this fear. The body will do everything it can to prepare itself to fight or to run‚ but in the end only the individual can choose what to do. Ever since I was a little girl I loved to climb trees. My brother and I would
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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. Fear is the quintessential human emotion. Some people live lives devoid of joy‚ happiness‚ and pleasure‚ but no one escapes the experience of fear and fear’s companion‚ pain. We are born in fear and pain. Our lives are profoundly shaped by them‚ as well as our efforts to avoid them.” It is something that we first experience as children‚ and are conditioned to respond to in many
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About Narrative Essay Narrative essay is a popular topic on the Continuous Writing section and students should take note that this topic has appeared in the SPM examination almost every year since the paper was introduced. Many people think that writing a story is a difficult task‚ but believe me‚ it is much easier than what you think because you are not confined to any particular point. Therefore‚ you are free to voice out everything that is in your mind. A narrative essay is a piece of writing
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So I have a little bit of a fear of heights. As the thought of near death runs through my mind‚ I get nervous‚ very nervous. My heart starts to beat faster and I start to sweat. I start to envision my funeral‚ and then snap back to reality just in time to feel my stomach acting funny. It not so much of a fear of heights‚ as it is a fear of a long fall‚ to rocks far below me‚ most likely to kill me. Despite my fear‚ six years ago I found myself climbing to the top of a high place. A few summers
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The Fear I Will Overcome I have this fear. It causes my knees to shake. I break out in a cold sweat. My heart starts to beat at 100 miles per hour and I get light headed. I am crying inside but try to act strong around people who think that I am the toughest one there. The thoughts of certain death run through my mind as I imagine my own funeral. My stomach feels strange. My palms are clammy. I am terrified of heights. Of course‚ it is not really a fear of being in a high place. It is the view of
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close is what will hopefully get me an A on this assignment (Mr. Maples‚ please have mercy on my C+). I remember how at that time the mountain’s raw and terrifying glare already frightened me enough to reconsider my actions and choose to give away to fear. What did I‚ a small‚ scrawny 9 year old boy‚ do in the face of these giants? Believe it or not I have already begun to set my preparations to descend from one of them. My parents planned a trip to Lake Tahoe to go to this place with the name of Boreal
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how he responded. "If you quit now‚ don’t think about joining wrestling at Ignatius. You’re not tough enough." I’m not tough enough? I thought to myself. No way I’m not tough enough. I’ll show him. The next day turned out to be no different than the first. So did the next day‚ and the day after that. I didn’t realize it then‚ but something other than my wrestling ability was being strengthened here. My attitude on the mat changed from fear to aggression. I may not have known how to do anything
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Two months after I get my driver’s license‚ I get my very first speeding ticket. What a great way to start out driving‚ right? Well my parents didn’t think so. So‚ I’m driving home from school on this I guess you could call it a “hilly” road where the bumps are fun to ride over when speeding. It was all fun and games until I spot the cop parked at the end of the street just watching me. There was no use in slowing down. I knew he’d already clocked me at 50 in a 25. There wasn’t anyone on the road
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Tears dropped and words of scorned yelled in the privacy of our house. Desperate to find answers yet troubled to find the right words. The battle for air behind my trapped voice. Selfish reasons turned into rebellious acts‚ hiding my desperation and fear. What was I thinking? I caused emotional turmoil for us all. My questions continued until seventh grade. A trip back to Oklahoma for the first time in seven years. It’s been nine years since I laid eyes on my mother. Oh‚ how much she has changed. Her
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To Overcome Fears Fear is not something which you can easily go to the doctor with to get fixed. A lot of people believe incorrectly that fear is for their own good. There is a cure for fear‚ so long as you know where to look. If your afraid you’re afraid. Fear is something which you feel‚ it’s simply there and a logical thought. If you suffer a fear of a description you have probably handled it in various ways. Most people with a fear of heights‚ for instance approach their fear primarily by
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