Overcoming fear

Hello steemians, this topic I am sure is peculiar to everyone of us. I do not remember meeting anyone who claims he ordered she does not have a fear, be it physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual etc.
In this post I will be answering the following:
• My biggest fear in life?
• Phobias
• How I overcome fear

Before then let us understand what fear is.

Fear is a fundamental human emotion that affects us all, it is similar to anger, happiness, sadness, excitement etc. It affects each and everyone of us regardless of age, culture, or background. It is a natural way whereby we response to perceived threats or dangers, it triggers two response which is a fight-or-flight response therefore preparing our bodies to react. Fear is not really bad as it helps us protect ourselves and avoid harm.

Nonetheless, excessive fear or being irrationally fearful can have deliberating effect on an individual preventing them to enjoy their life. This can be seen in the case of those with phobias, anxiety disorder or those who experienced a traumatic event.

What I just learnt from the above is that fear is completely natural and not bad. But too much of it can be bad for us.

For me, my biggest fear in life is the fear of failing. I so much want to succeed because as the first son there is a lot of responsibility on my head. Although I'm not being pressured by family yet but I know that there are things I am supposed to do which I am not doing. This worries me greatly.
I am afraid of turning out a failure, of failing them.

Phobia is the fear of something, could be an object, event etc
Let me define it more professionally according to the Cambridge dictionary

a type of anxiety disorder (= a mental illness that makes someone very worried and affects their life) that involves an extreme fear of something:

There are numerous phobias, and the list keeps growing as new specific phobias are identified and named. Below is a list of some popular and not so popular phobias I found while surfing the web:

1. Acrophobia - Fear of heights
2. Aerophobia - Fear of flying
3. Agoraphobia - Fear of public places or situations
4. Algophobia - Fear of pain
5. Anthropophobia - Fear of people
6. Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
7. Astraphobia - Fear of thunderstorms
8. Astrophobia - Fear of space or the universe
9. Aviophobia - Fear of flying
10. Brontophobia - Fear of thunderstorms
11. Cacophobia - Fear of chaos or disorder
12. Claustrophobia - Fear of enclosed spaces
13. Clinophobia - Fear of beds or going to bed
14. Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns
15. Cyberphobia - Fear of computers or technology
16. Cynophobia - Fear of dogs
17. Dentophobia - Fear of dentists or dental procedures
18. Dermatophobia - Fear of skin or skin diseases
19. Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting
20. Entomophobia - Fear of insects
21. Glossophobia - Fear of public speaking
22. Gynophobia - Fear of women
23. Heliphobia - Fear of sunlight
24. Hemophobia - Fear of blood
25. Hydrophobia - Fear of water
26. Hypnophobia - Fear of sleep or being hypnotized
27. Koumpounophobia - Fear of buttons
28. Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises
29. Mysophobia - Fear of germs or contamination
30. Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things
31. Nostophobia - Fear of returning home
32. Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes
33. Ornithophobia - Fear of birds
34. Pogonophobia - Fear of beards
35. Pyrophobia - Fear of fire
36. Scolionophobia - Fear of school
37. Sociophobia - Fear of social evaluation
38. Taphephobia - Fear of being buried alive
39. Technophobia - Fear of technology
40. Thalassophobia - Fear of the ocean
41. Trypanophobia - Fear of needles or injections
42. Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners

Note: the above is not all the complete list as daily new additions are being made to the list.

Now amongst the above I have acrophobia, I am afraid of heights very much. And I do not like this because I wanted to become a pilot.

I also have Ophidiophobia and Hemophobia. I believe that is all.

One of the fears I tried overcoming this year was the fear of heights. I first of all made a decision to overcome it.
There is a hill behind my house which I have never dared to climb before.
I set a side a Saturday and made the effort to climb this hill. It was scary but I overcame it.

So I now started doing it every time I had a chance so that I would become accustomed to heights and stop having fear for it.

Another way I motivate myself is by learning from the mistakes of others.
I learn from their experiences because experience they say is the best teacher.

I invite @mbetobongluke @rexzitek and @esty22 to participate in this engagement challenge.