Fear

Fear. Everyone has one. Some may say they don’t, but in truth, everyone has a fear. I have multiple fears. I have a fear of spiders. A fear of snakes. I have a fear of singing in front of people. Otherwise known as stage fright. I have a fear of being rejected. Although I think everyone has the fear of being rejected. I have a fear of being hurt by someone I have fallen in love with. Again, I believe everyone has this fear. Fear is something that is a constant thing in some people’s life. You never know when you won’t have any time left to do anything. So, do all that you can. Use that fear to push yourself to do things you are scared of. Like for me, even though I am scared of singing in front of people, I have started to record myself singing with songs. I will put them with a video of pictures then post them online. Another thing I am doing is going live on live.me and singing. So far, people have been kind. They haven’t said anything bad. In the past there have been people who have said bad things. But I ignore them and keep doing it. I am scared of being rejected by someone I have fallen in love with. I have actually fallen for this guy and I am so scared that he is going to reject me. I mean why wouldn’t he? He can find someone better than me.

I also have a fear of heights. In high school, when I was in PE, there would be days where we would just walk for about 10 minutes then we could do whatever we want. So my group of friends and I would actually go to the very top of the bleachers. I would be okay. Every time I did it, I wasn’t that much afraid anymore. I still have that fear but if I keep going to the same place and be at the same height, I wouldn’t feel that fear much.

I have the fear of meeting new people. I am naturally a very shy person. It would take me awhile to talk to a new person. I don’t think that I will ever grow out of it. I do love meeting new people. It is just starting to talk to them is kind of hard for me. With most of my friends, I just said three seconds. That is all I need and if they don’t like me then that is okay. I will always try and make new friends though.

I am afraid of talking in front of people. I don’t like feeling all the stares on me. Normally I would play with my necklace or my fingers. It is actually very unprofessional to do that when you are doing a presentation or even talking in front of co-workers. What I have done is put my hands behind my back and fiddle with my hands that way. I try not to talk in front of people to much.

I believe that everyone will have a fear of something. Some may seem stupid or unreasonable. But that is them. You shouldn’t judge them. Try and support someone if they are trying to conquer their fear. Who knows after conquering it they won’t be afraid of it no more. Look at singers, I think they would have a fear that they may mess up before doing a concert. But they still do it. They could have the fear of being laughed at. A lot of people have that fear, the fear of being laughed at. It is a reasonable fear.

Whatever fear you have is reasonable. You can conquer it or not. It your choice. Not someone else’s. Take it at your own pace. Do what you are comfortable with.