I like how you transition from describing childhood fears to your current personal fears. There isn't as much to be afraid of as a little kid, and once we start getting older we have to navigate all these complex social situations that can feel a whole lot more frightening than a little bug. I guess people just need to get over their fears by exposing themselves to the scary things, but that's always hard in practice.
It's kind of crazy how you wrote about having nightmares about Scooby Doo villains as a child because I did too. One of them actually featured you. When I was like 7, I had a dream that we were both trapped in a maze getting chased by this one villain who had a hook for a hand and was dressed in raggedy green clothes. It was absolutely terrifying.
The slice of life that most of us have explored physically or mentally is just scratching the surface of the things that we experience as we get older. I like how your post explores how our fears transfer from more surface level things that freak us out to serious underlying much more personal things that are less i'm scared of this physical thing vs the crushing weight of life is kinda freaky sometimes.
I really liked how you defined the contrast between your material childhood fears and your current (teenage? adult?) fears. I could definitely relate to how your fears transitioned from the material to the abstract as you grew older. I think a lot of us grow afraid of the latter type as our understandings of the world grow more complex. In a way, your fears kind of seem to represent the things we concern ourselves with in childhood versus in teenage-hood.
I enjoyed your exploration and transition from your childhood fears to your more adult fears. I guess I went through the same thing, although I had some of the strangest coping mechanisms. I used to be afraid of robbers, zombies, vampires, etc. Basically anything that transforms you from someone you where into something you where not. It still gives me the jitters. But I always dealt with it by setting up some sort of imaginary defense radar system in my mind, making it a habit to flip the switch for a defense against each and every single one of my fears every night. I don't know why or how it works, but I recently found out that it's a common technique people use. I think Michael phelps imagines himself doing his races every night, something which I also started to do but with tests after I had grown out of my fear of various imaginary things.
I really like how you commented on your childhood fears as well as your current ones. It's really interesting to ponder how you got from point A to point B. We probably never think about it consciously, but there was a point in time when we let go of our childhood fears once and for all, and there was a moment when we developed the fears we have now. I wonder what made me stop being afraid of the monster under my bed and start fearing the uncertain future ahead.
I like how you transition from describing childhood fears to your current personal fears. There isn't as much to be afraid of as a little kid, and once we start getting older we have to navigate all these complex social situations that can feel a whole lot more frightening than a little bug. I guess people just need to get over their fears by exposing themselves to the scary things, but that's always hard in practice.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of crazy how you wrote about having nightmares about Scooby Doo villains as a child because I did too. One of them actually featured you. When I was like 7, I had a dream that we were both trapped in a maze getting chased by this one villain who had a hook for a hand and was dressed in raggedy green clothes. It was absolutely terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThe slice of life that most of us have explored physically or mentally is just scratching the surface of the things that we experience as we get older. I like how your post explores how our fears transfer from more surface level things that freak us out to serious underlying much more personal things that are less i'm scared of this physical thing vs the crushing weight of life is kinda freaky sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you defined the contrast between your material childhood fears and your current (teenage? adult?) fears. I could definitely relate to how your fears transitioned from the material to the abstract as you grew older. I think a lot of us grow afraid of the latter type as our understandings of the world grow more complex. In a way, your fears kind of seem to represent the things we concern ourselves with in childhood versus in teenage-hood.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your exploration and transition from your childhood fears to your more adult fears. I guess I went through the same thing, although I had some of the strangest coping mechanisms. I used to be afraid of robbers, zombies, vampires, etc. Basically anything that transforms you from someone you where into something you where not. It still gives me the jitters. But I always dealt with it by setting up some sort of imaginary defense radar system in my mind, making it a habit to flip the switch for a defense against each and every single one of my fears every night. I don't know why or how it works, but I recently found out that it's a common technique people use. I think Michael phelps imagines himself doing his races every night, something which I also started to do but with tests after I had grown out of my fear of various imaginary things.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you commented on your childhood fears as well as your current ones. It's really interesting to ponder how you got from point A to point B. We probably never think about it consciously, but there was a point in time when we let go of our childhood fears once and for all, and there was a moment when we developed the fears we have now. I wonder what made me stop being afraid of the monster under my bed and start fearing the uncertain future ahead.
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