Personal Narrative: My Range Of Fear

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Fear is everywhere and anything you do but to be scared of it depends on how you tolerate fear and move forward from situations. I've been scared my whole life but if ur human that's a normal feeling but I've been in so many situations were I felt lost and afraid. My range of fear goes from not charging my iPad at night to how am I going to move forward from this car accident that I caused. I believe that fear is an unforgiving feeling but embraced it can open new doors of opportunity and maturity.

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