The unfavorable Guilt by Iman Nikakhtar

I believe fears are just choices.

In the past year in middle school, my eye caught onto a scene of bullying. In particular, the teasing and peer pressure, which I couldn’t stand. Afterwards, mixed emotions spun around my mind whether to stand up high for that friend or not. Soon enough, I was afraid to stand up for him because I believed wrong, and believed I would be targeted for tormenting; that wasn’t the case. At first, I thought fear wasn’t a decision, but then I found out It was a choice.

At that time, I made an unwise decision to not stand up for a friend. The whispering internally kicking me in my head, Torturing me for doing all wrong. Afterward, I clearly thought to myself that the choice I went with was for a selfish motive, and I really regret my past decisions. I care about others more than me, and If I treat myself better than others, then I’ll end up greedy and filthy. I don’t wanna be that type of person, neither do you.

Since then, I believe fears are just choices because most of us just focus on the worst that could happen, but then what about the best that could happen? Most individuals can see the negative outcomes, but fear is just covering the positive outcomes of a event? “We” have the power to stop our fears from overcoming us, not our fears.

Going back, I can see myself in a unsuccessful situation If I continued to let my fears overcome me. Most believe fears are forces, but they’re misleading.




I believe fears are just choices.