Fear Factor

A self-defeating behavior I experience on a daily basis is the fear of rejection. This mostly takes place in social settings, such as university, events, or places with peers close to my age. My fear of others’ negative opinions of me occurs daily and greatly limits me. This behavior has existed for as long as I remember. I suffer from social anxiety and have low self-esteem and thus have a hard time being around others without feeling judged or evaluated. I am extremely critical of myself and…

My muscles are tensed up, my heart is racing, and my hands are starting to sweat. Am I stressed out about this speech? Yes? No? Maybe. We all have felt stressed at least once in our life times whether it be for a speech, for an exam, or in your relationships with those around you. Not only have I felt stressed, but I have also read some articles that I’m willing to share with you about all the things there are to stress. I will inform you about what stress is, the good side of stress and the…

When was the first time that you felt very nervous? The feeling where you can’t forget that particular thing that will happen and it keeps circling in your head. Your heart that keeps beating for some reasons; do your remember? Final demonstration teaching is likened unto the final examination of college students, thesis and research works of fourth year students in other courses, and it is similar to a practical examination. Final demonstration is the peak of my journey in the student-teaching…

This time of year, with holiday shopping, events, parties, family coming in, or traveling -things can get a little stressful! We have never ending demands, almost no free time, which leads to an emotional roller coaster, which usually results with stuffing our faces full of junk! I will show you how to arm yourself so that you will never be forced to eat nasty food court slop or hit a "drive thru" again! I personally suffered from the binds of emotional eating much of my early life, as these…

“Coraline” by Neil Gailman. Other times thriller contains horror in it, to add scary feels to the suspense, like “Poltergeist”. To stay away from the confusion, it is best to realize the main plot of the book or movie. If it is trying to scare you or arouse fear, it is most likely horror. But if its purpose is just to leave you on questions and worry for the antagonist, it is thriller. You will also often see more plot twists in thrillers as well. Wisegeek.com mentions in their article “What are…

Schellpfeffer 1 Ryan Schellpfeffer Mr. Pardee English 11 10 May, 2016 Abandonment in Death of a Salesman In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, one of the main characters named Willy lives in deep fear of abandonment in his life. Willy wants his family to embrace and practice the ideas of the “American Dream” because that is how he wants to live his life. Still, however he is fearful that his family might get up and leave him out of disgrace or non acceptance. As Willy’s father…

what society calls an onset of a fear that could possibly lead to a phobia. Some say phobia is a tense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger or threat to a human. However, when your anxiety gets so serious that it interferes with your work and you start to avoid family and friends and it causes you to not enjoy life, you may be suffering from a form of the common mental disorder. It’s easy to confuse a fear with a phobia because fear is a feeling of anxiousness;…

How can you find serenity in life? Searching for peace can be a difficult task when everything around you relates to violence. In Williams Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning”, Sartoris Snopes is constantly overwhelmed by fear, agony, and despair because of his father’s practices of violence not only against his family but also the law when burning the barns. Peace is essential for human development; it gives a sense of tranquility and seclusion from oppression. Throughout the story Sarty deals…

shown great acts of courage. Courage is used by many individuals and in the TEDTalk, "Living with Courage: Embracing Fear to Follow Your Heart," Kelley Kalafatich talks about how she relates to Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” Courage is when you are able to take your fears head on and face them. Being courageous means to not be scared anymore and to have the strength to get through…

to highlight homophobia, the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals ("Homophobia", 2016), in addition to highlighting the Nation's baseless fear of those infected with HIV/AIDS. These fears were fueled by a lack of education regarding the disease and resulted in intense discrimination against those with the disease. Hanks refers to the influence of this type of fear in his 2011 Yale Commencement address, "Fear twists facts into fictions that…