Through my research I found out that the reason children get scared easily is due to their imagination developing and hence whatever they see/hear in real life can result in scary thoughts or images (CNN). This got me cariouse about adults being scared. "There's two types of fears. One is natural, as humans we are born with the ability to feel fear and we need this in order to determine everyday threats — basically animal instinct,"(Natsha Sharma). The second type of fear occurs when we're exposed to other people or overwhelming experiences in our lives that inflate our sense of fear. (Sharma). Adults and children aren't so different from each other when it comes to being scared. It's alright to be scared of monsters, spiders, or ending up alone, but we shouldn't allow fear stop us from anything. "The insides of our minds are the scariests things there are." -Anonymous. Basically the only thing to fear is our own minds, because it tricks us into beleiveing in things that aren't so terrifying. I still have an urge to fear the dark, or maybe what's inside the dark and I try so hard to control it however we are what we fear and what we believe and that makes us human and sometimes it's okay to fear the dark.
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Sharma, Natsha. "Common Phobias: Why Do People Get Scared?" huffingtonpost.ca. AOL lifestyle,
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When studying literature, I had an entire semester focused on the human fear of the unknown. It's why we have horror novels--it's our attempt to deal with that fear.
ReplyDeleteLike how people say your mind is your worst enemy. But I believe children have more imagination to imagine a lot of scary things, when the see darkness.
ReplyDeleteI think you chose the best observation, for me of course! I too have a younger sister that I live with she is twelve years old. I understand the way they are growing up too fast and try to imitate adults. It's some what annoying i agree and they need to enjoy their time as a kid. When i watched the video of Jidney singing "Do you want to build a snowman?" was absolutely adorable. It reminds me of my four year old little sister singing the exact same song. I love having connections while reading a blog and reading yours, I definitely had tons of relatable thoughts of your sister. I love your blog!
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