It’s hard to overcome a Fear

Kennedy Heyboer

Overcoming a fear  is difficult. When my parents tell us that it’s time to go to bed to be completley honest some people might not go right to bed because they’re always afraid that someone’s going to kidnap them, or do something scary to them. I regret sleeping down stairs but now I’m actually happy that I share a bedroom because I’m not afraid as much becuase there’s someone else down in my bedroom with me at night.

The most important reason that parents need to understand is the fact   that kids should not switich bedrooms in levels of their house. Today I wish that I was younger again becuase then I didn’t really get that thought in my head that something creepy could be down stairs at night.

But, because I’m older now I actually get that thought in my head that something scary could be standing down stairs at night.

For instance when I was younger I never in my life thought I would have a fear that hard  to try to overcome but, after moving bedrooms I never thought that I would need to add another fear to my list and have to try to overcome that fear as well.

When I was younger I never really got the thought in my head that my neighbors black cat with yellow eyes would be staniding down stairs around the corner. But, when I got older I actually understood that my neighbors black cat can be standing down stairs around the corner.

Now, when I get told to go to bed every single time I wait for my sister Jaylyn at the top of the stairs (to go down stairs). Jaylyn always gets scared to go down too. So, the only way neither of us get scared is if we go down stairs together. I am afraid that when I go down stairs at night my neighbor’s black cat will put his teeth out, bite me, or claw me.

Sometimes before I go down stairs I look to see if my neighbor’s cat is on their deck so that I know that their cat won’t be standing down stairs around the corner.

But when I get home from school and I go downstairs to put my stuff away I’m not afraid that their cat’s big frightful yellow eyes will be down stairs because it’s light out, not dark out and gloomy. But right when I get home from school I hear a voice saying “Put your stuff away, wash your hands, and then you can go play outside.” I never want to. I always want to play, not put my stuff away. If I put my school stuff away at night I won’t want to go down stairs and put my stuff away becuase I’m not going to want to go down stairs becuause it will be dark out by that time.

My sister Jaylyn has a relative fear to mine. Jaylyn doesn’t like sleeping in the dark so she always needs a night light to sleep but I am afraid to go downstairs at night because I think something scary would be down there.

We both are afraid of it being dark some how. A lot of times I ask Jaylyn, “Can I take out the night light? It’s too bright” But she always tells me “NO!” I know that if I take it out she wouldn’t be able to sleep and then in the morning she wouldn’t get ready for school and she would be late for school. But if it’s in I can still get to sleep except if the night light was out I could get to sleep better.

That is why parents should understand that if you start sleeping in one spot of the house then you should stay in that one part of your house to sleep. If you start up stairs but then your parents tell you to go down stairs to sleep you would be scared that something scary would be down there and you wouldn’t want to ever go to sleep. That’s why parents need to understand if you start sleeping up stairs then you keep sleeping down stairs.

Today, yesturday, one week ago, and one month ago I have overcome the fear of going down stairs in the dark knowing that my neighbor’s cat won’t be standing down there by the corner of the steps.

I still don’t understand why parents won’t get the consept of if you start sleeping in one level of your house when you’re younger then you should stay in that level of the house when you’re older so that you don’t add another fear to your list.

Early in the morning I feel overwhelmed that I overcame my fear because I got a good night of sleep, in my warm bed downstairs.

After all I realized, that you can pray to God about anything and he will help you and guide you because that’s how I overcame my fear.