The Experience of Overcoming a Fear Essay

The Doll in the Garden, by Mary Downing Hahn, is a novel with a mysterious garden that has many secrets. This book is about a young girl that experiences something unusual but amazing. The setting takes place at Ashley’s new home in Monkton Mills. The setting affects it characters because if Ashley would have never moved, she could have never found the secrets in the garden. The text states, “As Louisa had told me, he knew the way to her world and back again to mine.” This story kept me…

My own experience as a five-year-old second-degree burn victim in the Glenwood Springs, Colorado small community hospital’s emergency room never evaporates from my adult decision-making. “You will hurt” was the message my seven-year-old sister relayed to me in our native Spanish language as the staff arduously worked to clean and debride my thigh. No translators were available, and my family circled in shared fear as well as linguistic isolation. Immigrant families who live in camper shells are…

Chenfeld, D. (2011). Above All Else a World Champion Skydiver's Story of Survival and What It Taught Him About Fear, Adversity, and Success. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. World champion skydiver Dan Chenfeld tells his story of overcoming tragedy by using the methods he created to become successful in skydiving and life. The book is informative and the author has proved the methods himself. I believe the information is accurate, but may be bias in favor of selling more copies of his book.…

She points out that “it was strange — and insulting — to have my courage doubted. I never heard my male colleagues asked this. Apparently, fear is expected of women” to claim that the essential difference between women and men is that women are behooved to keep away from fear in their opinion. When people asked whether she were scared, the answer is obvious, of course she was scared because no one wouldn’t be scared running to a house burning up in flames…

The Effects of Social Anxiety on the College Experience We have all had our fair share of situations that involve anxiety. Whether the anxiety stems from an upcoming job interview, a presentation in front of people you may not know, or starting college classes, anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. In college, students may be juggling multiple classes at a time and have an extensive amount of homework, while also trying to manage their personal and social lives, which are factors contributing…

book to a beautiful balance. Books covering dark topics like sexual abuse, the horrors of foster care, and corrupt prisons can be an exhausting experience. Yet, I found Denfeld brought a certain level of empathy to her story. Empathy that created a sense of hope, which I found inspiring. Especially when it came to craving acceptance and overcoming the fear to obtain it. Denfeld explored this marvellously through different character’s and their stories. Thanks to the empathy throughout the story,…

Overcoming Roller Coasters Everyone has an experience in their lifetime where they had certain expectations going into something, based on someone else’s thoughts or opinions that happened to be completely wrong. Sometimes it makes the experience better, sometimes worse. I personally had an event be completely different than my mind set, but in my case it was truly for the better. When I was in elementary school, my mother went on about the horrors of roller coasters, mainly ranting about news…

unsuccessful in a task. Although it can be bad, the fear of failure is a much more perilous thing when it comes to completing tasks. Fear of something can prevent a person from an endeavor because of emotional distress over the situation. People that have that have gone through hardships of failure can sometimes develop a talent of overcoming obstacles. They can visualize winning the war they haven’t yet won. Like F.D.R. said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” I dealt with stage…

Every day having to walk into a class, talk to people and even having to walk by them provokes me a strong fear that I cannot explain. Before presentations, meeting new people, and having to talk to a neighbor, classmate, or a relative always make me feel very afraid and when they talk to me, I blush, feel sweaty, and even tremble and that makes me more anxious and embarrassed. Writing, reading, and sometimes eating makes me feel embarrassed and I don’t like people looking at me at any time…

models instill in us, but as we gain experience, we fashion our own beliefs. A mirror of this in my life is my work with the organization Soles for Jesus. Soles for Jesus is an organization that distributes donated shoes to sub Saharan Africa. The first time I volunteered at Soles for Jesus helping to pack shoes I was dragged there by my Mom, but as I gained experience working there I was able to form my own outlook on why I continued to volunteer there. My experience taught…