Realistic Fears

“The only thing you should fear is fear itself.” Well, that and many other things. I found myself itinerating around the campus of Niagara County Community College on March 14th, 2016 curious how realistic fears play a part in our daily life. Let me make this clear, it was very difficult discovering what type of questions to ask and how one would portray them. The questions I asked were: “What comes to your mind when you hear the word fear, What’s your most realistic fear, One word to describe this fear, and how this fear represents you as an individual.” I kept reminiscing the thought who are the right people for this and then it hit me; student athletes.

I wanted to figure out how their realistic fears play a part in their social life and
“Sports can end at anytime. If something happens, it happens. You can’t really prevent it, which is really heartbreaking,” said optimistic Levi Moon, who is 2o year old majoring in his second year at Niagara County Community College as a physical education student. Freshman Liberal Arts student, Julian Placencia also indicated that his realistic fear is being injured and not being able to end his career on his own terms. He described that this fear represents him as an individual because it makes him play even harder and train even harder to prevent things from happening.

There are many types of fears, including the fear of heights, flying, spiders, and the list goes on. Most people experience these fears to a certain standard and there is no psychological reason why. Even though, it has been said that those are just irrational fears, it is still difficult for one to overcome them. Realistic fears on the other hand gives you the motivation you need to get to the next level. Most of the time, we don’t realize how much our realistic fears affect us day by