Heights
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be
fearless? Fearlessness is an image that doesn’t process in your head. Becoming
fearless isn’t the point, that’s impossible. It’s about learning how to control
your fears and how to be free from it.
My biggest fear is my fear of heights. Height is
something I’ve been scared of all my life. I feel like it’s something that I
can’t overcome. I’ve sacrificed many things in life because of that one fear.
When doing something that involves overcoming your
fear, you have to go through it not around it. I don’t know what it is about
heights that scare me. Is it about me falling? What if I make it without
falling? There will be that pride that satisfaction that I just killed my fear
but the next thing I know, it’s alive again and it’s haunting me all over
again.
You know
when you shake a can of coke and then you open it and it explodes everywhere?Well
that’s how I feel when facing my fear of heights. Heights cause me dizziness
and discomfort.
The fear of heights is called Acrophobia. It
causes something known as Vertigo which is the sensation of spinning.
Acrophobia can range from fear when one the top floor of a tall building or
even standing on a chair. People with acrophobia feel a sense of panic when
they’re at a certain height and often become unable to trust their sense of
balance.
Sometimes you need to face your fears to
realize that they aren’t actually real.
Another reason why I don’t like heights is because
it’s made me sacrifice a few things like trips, Bungee jumping, roller coasters
and many more activities that involve heights.
If your
fear is making you feel tense in your head, sick in your stomach and tight in
your chest, you have to picture it as an actual shape and give it a color. Tell
yourself it’s okay to feel anxious and just allow it to be and it will start to
fade away.
The fears we don’t face become our
limits.
Heights also make me feel insecure about myself.
It makes me feel below everyone who isn’t afraid of heights. Fear is nothing
more than an obstacle that stands in the way of progress. In overcoming our
fears we can move forward stronger and wiser within ourselves feeling like
there’s nothing you can’t do, feeling like no one can stop you.
As I say this I’m realizing maybe the existence of
our fears makes us all better, stronger people in a way. Fear doesn’t shut you
down is wakes you up. In conclusion I realized that, Fear
is not real. It is the product of thoughts you create. Although danger is real,
fear is a choice.
Aashna Parekh
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