How do people realize they have a fear? Does it just come to them one day? Or is it a long continuous process that makes people finally realize they are fearful? I think each fear a person has, came in its own way, whether it comes quickly or over a period of time. No matter how big or small the fear is; there has to be a reason.
My fear of bridges is one of my most recent fears that sort of just came to me. It was during our camping trip to Bear Creek. On one of the nights we were there, we went on a night walk to an abandoned shack in the woods. On our way there, we had to cross over an old, rickety, bridge. Before crossing over the bridge, I became really frightened and unnerved. I never realized before that I was scared of bridges, but it suddenly hit me when I was faced with the situation. My newfound fear made me think more about bridges and how they affect me.
When I was younger, I would sometimes go to a pirate mini golfing place with my dad. At the mini golfing place, there is a small bridge that moves back and forth whenever someone walks on it. I would always be terrified to walk on it and I would make my dad carry me over onto the other side. I eventually got over my fear of the tiny bridge at the mini golf course, but I guess I’m not fully over my fear of bridges like I thought I was.
Depending on what kind of bridge it is and in what way I am getting over it depends on how great my fear is. I’m not afraid of going over bridges in a car, but when I bike over bridges sometimes, I get afraid. I’m definitely more afraid of bridges that move while you walk on them than bridges that are steady all of the time. I don’t think that I’m necessarily afraid of the bridge itself, but instead I’m afraid of what could happen to me while I’m on it. Similar to life, people sometimes don’t take chances (go over bridges) because they are afraid of the unknown (what’s beneath them).
Picture: This is a recent picture of me at the mini golf course. I'm can now easily stand on the bridge without being scared. Actually, before taking the picture, I was running back and forth on it, having fun with my friend.
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