My Fear.

I fear in becoming stuck, unable to move, trapped and unable to do anything. That is my ultimate fear. I don`t enjoy being around a crowd because i feel claustrophobic, i don`t enjoy being the center of attention either cause I get the feeling like I`m stuck, strangely I stay in my room most of the time that I`m home and prefer not to move around, i probably don`t realize my fear because I get distracted online. Even though I know that this fear is all in my head, I prefer being in an area with breathable air and distand away from people, not a far distance just, not so close. - (SM)

Quote.

The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance -FDR

What Does Your Body Look Like When it Feels Fear?

Yellow shows regions of increased sensation while blue areas represent decreased feeling in these composite images. Image courtesy of Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen.

A Great Blog to Check Out !

This blog is also about fear, but focuses on overcoming fear. 

It tells real life stories about people overcoming fear. 

http://fearlessstories.com/

Children's fear versus Adult's fears

The Most Common Fears in:
Children is the dark, ghosts, dogs/cats, thunder, clowns, monsters, witches, bugs, strangers, needle shots, teachers, boys/girls, being alone.

 For Adults: Dying or someone important dying, exclusion, bankruptcy, getting shot, the future and life, embarrassment.

The contrast between the fears of children and adult are that adults are more afraid of 'reality'. What I mean is that adults are scared of situations that can affect them in real life whether its in the future or it has happened in the past. These fear tend to be more realistic whereas children are afraid of something that is non-existent or cannot do harm to them. Keep in mind, fears from childhood can definitely be carried onto adulthood, like W.L fear of bugs.

W.L top 5 fears:

1. Bugs (especially centipedes. Why do they have so many legs!?!?!)

2. The dark

3. Mirrors

4. Washrooms (The mirrors and the noise of the toilet freaks me out at night)

5. Ghosts

My fear for bugs is pretty severe that I can't simply look at a video or image of it. It terrifies me although I know a picture of a bug cannot harm me. This has me thinking, why am I so afraid of something that cannot harm me? Its the same way how a child is scared of the dark or the boogie man. We try to teach children that monsters are only imaginary creatures yet they are still afraid of these non-existent monsters. I guess society's perception of these fears affects how we interpret them as well. I remember as a child, I was never afraid of bugs. The fear developed when my older sister was panicking over a small fly which then established my fear towards it too. The same applies for children and the boogie man. Stories and television delivers a negative message that the boogie man is dangerous. That can be one reason to why children are afraid of monsters.

Fear's worst enemy: Bravery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyAfjUHlFSM

The counteractive emotion of fear is bravery; the knight in shining armor who saves you from the danger or that fear that was created. When one is courageous, they overcome their fear.