It is said that what cannot kill you will make you stronger. That is how fear works, when you succeed in beating it, it makes you stronger at the end. One fear I've been hoping to overcome is the fear of death. This fear scares me a lot and it breaks me down whenever it happens to a family member or a loved one. I'm so afraid of dying as well.
The fear that I conquered and I became stronger was the fear of failure just the same as the one the admin narrated. This fear of failure didn't just happen in school alone, it happened in all aspects of my life. During the promotion to SS1 from JSS3 in secondary school, I failed and I couldn't be promoted alongside my mates that passed the compulsory subjects that guaranteed pass. It was a painful moment in my life to see my mates progress while I stayed back with my juniors. When the next promotional examination was coming, this fear of failure came knocking on the door of my thoughts. I just didn't want to fail again because that will be a big mess and it will torture my mental health. I enrolled for different tutorials to be well grounded and prepared for the exam. I was so disciplined and concentrated in my studies and my dad really liked the changes I adopted. The exam came which lasted for about two weeks or so, we did very well and we were supported by some teachers (a little form of malpractice). Even after the exam and when we were waiting for the release of the result, my heart was restless. When the result came, I passed and got promoted and that did away fear of failure in my life.
We can conquer the fear or failure when we prepare well for the task and be hopeful for conquer and most importantly the thing is, what is going to be is going to be. These days, I don't allow fear to keep me in a corner. I do everything possible to succeed in whatever I'm doing and with that, fear runs away.
