Veronica Taylor
ENG121: ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1(AXC1420C)
Instructor: Erin Nelson
May 16, 2014
Fear of Alto phobia
The fear I need to conquer is my fear of heights. Heights are one of my biggest fears that I have tried numerous of times to get over. This fear causes me to have real bad anxiety attacks to where I sweat, shake, have blurred vision, and have trouble breathing to where I have an asthma attack. One day my sister tried to help me conquer my fears by making me ride on roller coaster and that day is the day that I will never forget because she made my fears worst. The bad thing about my fear is when I go to sleep I picture myself up high in the air somewhere falling and wake up instantly nervous in a cold sweat, scared and emotional.
Every time I go to an amusement park I promise every one that I am going to ride on all the rides. When I get there, I freeze up and back out. My sister always forces me to get on the biggest ride which is called The Beast. The beast is concerned to be the longest and biggest rollercoaster and it’s made out of wood. They tell me that I can do it and that it’s not that bad, but they lied. I wanted to get on so bad but, my fear just took over and wouldn’t let me just like always.
What really causes me to have a fear of heights was the movie called Final Destination. In the movie all kinds of disturbing and crazy things happen. In one of the sense there were people up on the rollercoaster riding when all of a sudden the rollercoaster started shaking. Bolts and screws started too unrivaled and the carts (the seats) started to fall as people were in them. People didn’t notice because it’s a rollercoaster and they are fast and shaky. Until it came off the track, that’s when everyone began screaming and yelling “Help, Help. As they screamed help, people started coming out there seats and trying to hold on the bars and anything that they hold on to. Now when I go to the amusement parks I think...