Many students have fears that affect their lives and their actions.
“My biggest fear is heights because I could fall to my death,” Harley Emerson, freshman, said. “I don’t go above the fifth floor in hotels.”
Some students were afraid of spiders, snakes, and heights, while others’ fears went much deeper. Students expressed their fears of being forgotten, abandonment, and losing the people they love.
“My biggest fear is being forgotten,” Brooklyn Rigney, sophomore, said. “When I was little, I woke up one morning, and no one was home. Having this fear makes me text my friends more.”
“My biggest fear is abandonment because I don’t like losing people,” Payten Roach, sophomore, said. “I prepare myself to lose people.”
“My biggest fear is losing someone I love because I am not fully prepared to lose those closest to me,” Ethan Jacobs, sophomore, said. “Some precautions I take include not getting close to so many people, and doing my best to make those closest to me happy.”
Students sometimes face their fears or run from them.
“You are only as strong as what you face, so face your fears,” Jacobs said.
“Fear should be taken head-on because one day, it will catch up to you,” Rigney said.
“Facing your fears is better because it is good to be brave,” Emerson said.
“I fear rejection, so I do not want to face that,” Gabrielle Custer, sophomore, said.
