Many people have a fear of failure and it affects them in various ways. My fear of failure, in a way, has helped me through a lot of my problems. I have recognized this fear that I experience and the only way to prevent this feeling is to do everything I can to accomplish what I need to do. My way of coping with failure is really easy; I just work hard enough to do well. This technique I use helps me from experiencing my fear of failure.
My fear of being alone doesn’t exist when I am alone in a dark place, but it does exist when I am in new surroundings. I hate the feeling of not having someone there to talk to or laugh with. Fear only goes as far as you let it go. You have two options for coping with your fear: you can avoid the fear or you can overcome it. If you learn to face your fears without letting them get to you, there is nothing that will scare you away from achieving your …show more content…
I read an article about an owl named Troy (Muse, 2010). Troy fell out of his nest in a tree. Gareth was walking his dog found him lying on the ground. Gareth took him under his wing. He took care of Troy for about six weeks. The consisted of hand feeding and nursing back to health because of the long fall out of the tree. Gareth took Troy to Hawk Conservancy Trust (Muse, 2010). Troy was too tame to go back to the wild. The conservancy was trying to use Troy to as a part of the flying demonstration team. They figured out that Troy was afraid of heights. Troy would not fly higher than Gareth, which was 5’6. Troy would not even climb a tree unless Gareth was in it and even then he would not climb out of it unless he was carried (Muse, 2010). This story proves that humans are not the only ones who can have acrophobia. The owl clearly showed symptoms that affected him when he was in danger of failing or panic attacks when reaching heights. Acrophobia can also become an irrational obsession, so bad it becomes too frightening to use an escalator in a shopping mall. It can become a dangerous