Life, Fears, and their Tragic Consequences

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What is a tragic fear? Is it something life brings or was it already with you waiting to come out of the shadows? Not only does life bring joy and happiness it also brings tragedy and fear. An example of some of these fears would be: fear of the unknown, new places, jobs, or even people, rejection, if you don 't find a way to cope with these fears they lead to phobias. Life can present many types of fears. One of the common fears life brings to the table is the unknown. Many people, including myself, fear the unknown. There are two types of unknown fears that scare me the most. This would be death and losing control of a situation. The reason why death scares me is because you never know when your time is coming. It could be anything from …show more content…

This could happen by moving away from home or even getting a new job. In the near future I will either be packing a bag and moving to Newport, Rhode Island, there is a military base there for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), or will be packing a bag to join the United States Navy Seals. My only problem with moving to Newport or joining the Navy is that I would have to move a far distance from home. I have my new jobs lined up in my head. If I join the Navy than I will be a JAG (Judge Advocate General) and if I join NCIS, than I will become a federal agent working as a Naval Officer. A Naval Officer 's duties are as follows: investigating felony criminal cases within the U.S Navy and Marine Corps. They also investigate sabotage, espionage, defection, terrorism and …show more content…

This sounds weird since I want to join the Navy but I have a phobia of water. When it comes to the open ocean I get sea sick it is only on the open ocean however, put me in a boat on the lake and I’m fine. My dad and step-mom took me to Oregon a few years ago, and we took a trip on a boat. The boat started, we were seated on the bench in the middle of the deck, and we started off to the open ocean. There were a bunch of people who were turning green, literally. All of the sudden my heart rate spiked, I couldn’t get oxygen into my body my chest started pounding to the point I felt like it was going to jump right out of my rib cage., It never even occurred to me that I had an audience watching me as I was changing colors from green to purple to red and back to green, I can’t tell you what happened next, I passed out. Another major phobia of mine would be agoraphobia, it is the fear of crowds. I am a very introverted individual and I don’t like being in crowds, I get the same way I did on the boat in the open ocean. I feel my heart start to race, I get a shortness of breath, I get an uncomfortable feeling in my chest, and I start getting an intense fear of embarrassing

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