Stetson Lynch: My Fear In My Life

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Stetson Lynch Many people experience fear throughout their lifetime. Everybody has one, or many more things, they are afraid of. I have one fear that has been with me constantly through my life. My one fear that has always haunted me is fear itself. Why do people get scared? I have no idea but the feeling of fear is something that really frightens me. When my heart sinks to my feet, and my head is racing, and my skin turns pale because of how afraid I am, it’s really no fun at all. Sometimes I fear for different things. Most of the time I fear for little silly things, but sometimes I fear for serious things. An example of a serious thing I fear for is definitely test. We have so many test that it gets pretty stressful and I begin

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