The Experience of Overcoming a Fear Essay

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    obstacle or difficulty, and things at first lack clarity, or feel uncertain, the poem reassures the reader that “it will clear”. It is still benefit to experience discoveries, no matter how insignificant or momentous because it is overcoming the challenges that causes change. Similarly The Life Of Pi supports that every discovery causes one to experience change to their perspective or belief. Pi discovers the carnivorous Island and this discovery forces him to change his attitude towards his…

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    Overcoming fear, as a leader how to provide grounds for inspiration are significantly thought provoking. No one sets out to fail or desires to fail at anything they aspire to accomplish. Those who allow fear to overcome, prohibiting them to move forward, accomplish the goal, will fail. Consequently, Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for Facebook was a fear he believed would be the only great idea he would ever have. (Kirpatrick, D., 2010, May 6). John Stuart Mill also believed causation from experience…

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    Being a college student can be overwhelming, in addition being a student experiencing life with fear, should this take opportunity from other students to address topics such as rape, physical abuse and racism? It should not. Lukianoff and Haidt, discussed trigger warnings across universities as a movement in the rising. Consequently, it can be beneficial as it will give students time to prepare or at least know a subject contacting graphical content will be discussed in class.…

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    In, Don’t let the fear of what is difficult paralyze you,” Paulo Freire states his direct purpose for student succession: “Studying is a demanding occupation, in the process of which we will encounter pain, pleasure, victory, defeat, doubt, and happiness. For this reason, studying requires the development of rigorous discipline, which we must consciously forge in ourselves. Another important aspect Freire mention students might experience during their journey of succession is fear and…

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    The constant fear of feeling like an outsider in public society, induced the author, Rodriguez, to “give up” his family’s language. In Rodriguez fortunate side, the nuns “visitors” encouraged his family to speak English more often, and this helped him to get rid of the sounds of english words that he thought were irritable. Although, at the beginning he explains that coming home meant hearing the language that tied his family together, later on he shows that speaking spanish isn't necessary.…

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    Immunity To Change

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    The next chapter in part two is, “Cathy Can’t Contain Herself” and this chapter too highlights overcoming an individual’s immunity to change. Cathy’s immunity to change revolves around self-management and emotional self-regulation. In other words, Cathy was looking to better manage her emotional state as well as her expression of her emotions. The authors believe that to address one’s change challenge within the context of a group’s efforts to improve may provide the strongest source of…

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    Definitions Of Fears

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    Do you have a fear? Well it is natural to have a fears so now let’s learn what fears do people have, what are fears, and ways to overcome them. Some people have the same and/or different fears and what are fears. According to “Fears and Phobias” it states “ Fear is one of the most basic human emotions. It is programmed into the nervous system and works like an instinct.” This means fears are a natural thing to have a lot of people have fears. Some fears people have are speaking in public…

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    “Life of Pi” and Adriennce Rich’s poem “diving into the wreck”. Both texts feature self-discovery through the exploration of new and unfamiliar worlds, the unique context and the overcoming of challenges encountered throughout the process of discovery. The exploration of new and unfamiliar worlds results in a memorable experience as the audience is captivated by the characters’ predicament. Pi’s journey begins with the sudden sinking of the Tsimtsum, which is religiously symbolic for God’s…

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    Sigmund Freud’s intra-psychic theory on trauma was developed, from inspiration on his clinical case studies in the late nineteenth century. Freud took on the direction that the repression process is a defence against emotional trauma. The term repression was used to describe painful and emotional events, that are able to be blocked out from an individual’s conscious awareness. This is so that the painful effects of the event would not be experienced and intentionally forgotten (Cohen, 1985). The…

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    Henry’s red badge is not a real badge, it is a battle wound. It represents coming of, age and overcoming fear. When Henry enters the war, he is apart of a group called “the youth,” which he is called many times in the novel. This was because of his age, and how young he was. Henry sees all these soldiers with their red badges and is envious of them. He…

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