Fear

Real Life Experience Of Fear by A Female Friend

The evenings had come. Every body was silent in their rooms. We all had a quite night but the weather was really cool. I decided to study for a while. I had examinations the following week and i needed to prepare myself for it. I didn't know when the sleep came. I believe it was the hot merciless whether that overtook me to fall asleep. I had my head lean at one side of the room and my feet on my bed. I was feeling great as i fell deeper into my sleep.

The previous week had been a bad week for me. I have had this persistent dream of mine which i never understood. For every time my eyes shut in my room, i see snakes coming from deep pits in my house. The exam had made me forget about this unhappy and scary dreams that i have been having. Without prayer and any preparation towards the following morning, i had fallen asleep. It was just a minute past 2:00 am and i startled from my room. I hurriedly run from the room as i was having a nightmare. It felt so real that i couldn't go back into the room. It was by grace that i had my phone on me as i run out of the room. I quickly called my boyfriend 10 times who was deep asleep. I couldnt reach him and had no where to go and no one to comfort.

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This time around, the dream i had was of a python with a red eye which starred into my eyes as i run away from the room. It was as though the snake was real and my bother couldn't hold the fear within. I was shaking and panting as if i had ran a 100 m race. What will i do now? I went to a neighbors door and called him to tell him about what was going on. I was so scared. My next door neighbor was asleep and couldn't do much. All he said was, what is wrong? He felt as if i was just playing as it was unusual for an adult to feel such a way. He asked me whether i could sleep alone after comforting me. The fear was still in me and i couldn't answer him. I believe he must have been bored to have to nurse a 23 year old woman that night. He accompanied me to my room where I took a pillow and some text books to learn in his room. I wasn't happy going to sleep in a neighbors room but what can i do. Fear has taken away my choices and i was left with nothing than to follow him to the room.

This is how fear can grasp anybody at all in this world. No matter how strong you might be, how bold and brave you seem to be, fear is a powerful enemy which cannot be underestimated. The effects of fear are numerous and i will highlight but a few in this real life experience of my friend.

1. Fear took away her comfort and happiness from her. We all love sleeping in our rooms. But the fear of being attacked by a snake which was even in a dream overwhelmed her. She had to settle to sleep in a less comfortable place for the night.

2. Fear exposes you to danger. You might not know how dangerous fear can be. On an eleven storey building, a woman jumped out of her window because she believed there was a gun man in the room. It was just a hallucination during withdrawal from Cocaine. The fear actually killed her. In the case of my friend, she could have been a prey to rape or murder should the next door neighbour had been a bad person. Also, she could easily find comfort in the arms of a stranger who might be a murderer.

3. Fear destroys progress. We all have our fears. I personally am a good student and have never feared examination in my whole entire life. I once failed a paper after i had completed my senior high school and ever since that failure, examination has been one of my most fearful moments in life. The fear of failing again seems to trouble me more and as such destroys my concentration to even learn sometimes.

4. Fear kills dreams. We all fail to do the impossible because of fear of failure. I had a dream to become an IT specialist when i was growing up. I knew i would be working with computers but i never knew how it would be. My mind was made up from childhood where i was been shielded from the reality of life. When i grew of age to decide, the odds of surviving as an IT specialist was low and as such i had to choose the most promising odd. That is to become a health worker. I settled for something that i have no passion for because of fear of failure. Failure to make ends meet. The fear killed my dream.

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The effects of fear are many and in summary, i will say fear zeroes ones life. Don't let fear overcome you. Be fearless and the world will bow before you. Watch out for my next dose of fear which teaches how to overcome your fears. This is a real life experience episode. Be inspired.