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Persuasive Essay About Fear

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“Don’t be scared,” is a phrase we are constantly told. I heard it after running into mom's room as a kid, terrified after waking up from a scary dream. And when I was nervous before taking a big test. And a thousand other times. It’s ingrained into us our whole lives since we were born. Our immediate reaction to feeling fear now is to bury it. We’ve trained ourselves to be ashamed of that part of us. It can be isolating, until we learn to open up. Everyone experiences fear, it’s a part of being alive. But that fear doesn’t have to stop us. It’s okay to be afraid, but we shouldn’t let it stop us from experiencing life. The truth is, everyone is scared. Whether that fear controls you is what defines you.
I used to let fear dictate how I lived my life. As someone with an anxiety disorder, I was constantly avoiding the things that made me afraid. For years I didn’t speak in school. It got to the point where I was used to hearing people say things like, “I’ve never heard you talk before,” or “I thought you were mute.” I was too scared of rejection or saying something dumb or not having anything to say at all that I didn’t. I let that fear control me. And because of it, I didn’t have friends. Finally, I came to the conclusion that I didn’t want to be held back by anxiety or fear anymore. I thought I could pretend to be fearless like how I thought everyone else was. But it turns out, other people aren’t as fearless as they seem.
Freshman year I auditioned for the school musical,

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