fear
[feer]
–noun 
| 1. | a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. |
Fear. As we grow up, it is an emotion instilled into our very being. We are taught to fear strangers, stray dogs, and any other number of things. Soon we find that we have "biggest fears". These are usually irrational.
But why do we have these fears?
For myself, the two scariest corporeal things are clowns and spiders.
Neither of these fears make any sense. I'm scared of clowns because of It. When I was four, my brothers made me watch It. The movie was traumatizing. As I've grown older, it has gotten worse. With spiders, it was the simple fact that my best friend was scared of them.
When I think about it logically, my two fears can be turned into something completely different. For clowns, it is fear of the false, of the unknown. Hidden behind make-up, the clown gives away nothing of it's true identity. I believe it is human nature to fear the unknown. Throwing ourselves into a situation the we have no information about is something that wouldn't even be considered. Why should clowns be any different?
The fear of spiders is deeper. It has more to do with my fear of being different. We can all shout at the top of our longs how we are different from John Doe, but we still need a sense of companionship or belonging. The people we surround ourselves with are all "different", too. It is in being different that we find ourselves being the same. My best friend was scared of something for some reason or another. I didn't understand, but I knew that if he was scared of spiders, it was only logical that I should be. In being scared, I was given a deeper feeling of companionship because we could share this fear. Looking back, spiders aren't really scary, but I can not seem to shake the fear.
I encourage you to look deeper and find why you really fear the thing you fear.
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