Personal Narrative: My Fear Of Failure

I believe that everyone has experienced some type of fear; whether it’s a fear of bugs, flying on a plane, or even the fear of being in an enclosed area. My personal fear is of failure. Fear is a very powerful emotion and can really take a hold over your life and stop you from doing what you want to do most. For example, fear of failure has kept me from being able to sing in front of an audience, speaking up in class, and even passing my driver’s test.

Fear of failure has kept me from being able to sing in front of an audience. For as long as I could remember I have always had this strong passion for singing. I would sing in the car, at home, and even in the shower. The only thing I couldn’t do was sing in front of other people. There was this one time at school where they held auditions for this group called Knight Fever. Knight Fever is a singing group at my school where they perform and sing at concerts and many other different places. At the audition, I felt so confident that I could do it and sing in front of these people but once it was my turn to go I choked. Once I began to sing my heart started to beat so fast, my eyes started to tear up, and my whole body began to shake. That day was the worst day of life because I felt so embarrassed in front of all the other singers. This fear of failure stopped me from making it into the group and doing what I love most …show more content…
While most kids were volunteering to answer questions asked by my teacher, I just sat in the back quietly listening to their answers. I’m always afraid to speak up because I fear that I might have the wrong answer. Sometimes if I’m in class and I didn’t understand something, I would just sit there and not even try to get help. This habit would continue on and I would eventually end up getting a grade that I didn’t like in the class. This fear went too far and I allowed it to control my