Fear mongering

I have struggled with anxiety since the fourth grade. Over the years I have learned how to deal with it better, though it still remains a constant issue in my life. Throughout the next five paragraphs I am going to tell you about my journey of coping with anxiety and how I feel about it to this day. Anxiety is just one aspect of my life and for past few years it has increased drastically, forcing me to work on it. First, let me tell you just what anxiety is. Anxiety is a nervous disorder…

Fear has been a conflicting characteristic that has steered mankind ever since there was a mankind. Dick Gregory shows this through one of his past time stories titled “Shame.” This piece of literature portrays an adult’s point of view on a child’s personality. Furthermore, we can see how a weakness of fear can be just as relevant to an adult as it can be to a child. This story gives us examples of fear through immaturity, humility, and abuse. Everyone is immature to some extent. Not…

The fears I face I face at least one fear a day. My biggest fear would have to be hospitals and needles; sadly I’ve seen a lot of those lately. Learning to face those fears is something that I’ve always had a hard time doing. Doctors tell me that my fear should lessen as I get older but I see it staying the same or getting worse. Fears I feel are something that everyone has. It may be the simple fear of clowns or something serious like dying. I’ve had the same two fears since I started…

will be released to hell by God and by also not following the puritan way of life. Throughout the sermon, Jonathan Edwards uses similes, repetition and scare tactics to emphasize the fact that with sin, any Puritan will be sent to hell. Faith and fear have extensive contributions to the overall influence of the American society which Edwards addresses in his sermon. Faith plays a role in the society due to the fact the puritans know they are not supposed to sin, however they do so anyways which…

a horror movie. I was trying to get away. The snake was to close. I was paralyzed with fear my arms whaling myself up against the truck. My heart about to pound out of my chest, my stomach clenched up, and the fear was crippling my mind to think clear. I was petrified, 3ft diamond back rattler curled up at my feet. Rattling its tale with fury to intimidate me, this worked! In the truck my mom rushing with fear to trying to open the door for me, the door was pushing me closer to the snake. No!…

I Believe in Facing Your Fears I believe in facing your fears. I have always considered myself a fairly brave individual. I can hold a snake without flinching, climb to the tops of tall buildings, and sleep with the lights off after a scary movie. Yet, there was one thing that at the ripe young age of thirteen absolutely terrified me, and that was airplanes. As a child I heard many horror stories of catastrophic plane hijackings and crashes. It scared me to think that so many things could go…

secret that the news media is not unbiased. The way the news media presents stories, especially stories about crime, creates fear and reduces the chances for the viewer to empathize with the offender on screen. This can lead to general public fear and harsher views on criminals and the justice system. The news media has a heavy hand on the public is perceptions, as it uses fear tactics and understands how…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) deals with an illogical link from the obsession to the compulsion, or ritual. The obsession is the source of the individual’s fears, such as germs or death, and the ritual is the practices one performs, such as washing one’s hands or blinking a certain number of times, as an alleviation of their obsession. The link may or may not make sense to the individual; with the latter case, the ritual is mainly performed just in case something bad was to happen. Those…

Like a cloud in the sky, anxiety is looming. Anxiety can be triggered by several causes, and the weather oftentimes can be this trigger by affecting people’s decisions and even attitudes. During the early 1800s in England, human population was rapidly increasing especially in large cities. With the increase of people, there was also a rapid increase of disease and sickness. Medicine and science were advancing during this time, but “[m]edicine in 1800 was a scary combination of chance ……

in deep in the founding of this nation. There reason behind all of these claims are the fears because “Since 9/11, bias toward American Muslims has been fueled by fear or terrorism and ignorance about Islam as a religion and tradition. Well- funded individuals and groups fan this intolerance by spreading distortions and sowing distrust,” (Hall). Stereotypes play a big part in influencing people to worry and fear, which leads to taking undetermined actions, as seen in this case. They forget all…