Emotion

2 Options – Choose to write on one

Option 1: Describe an example of when fear caused you to reason irrationally.

Option 2: Describe an example of when fear affected your sensory perception. Describe how it was affected.

An example of when fear caused me to reason irrationally was when I encountered a mouse. I had been sitting down at work when all of a sudden i heard scratching noise from the closest. Being the chicken that i am, the first thing that came to my head was that it was a ghost. Because i had never heard mice before, i had no idea that was what it was and so of course it led me to the assuption that it was something out of this world. I was so scared because i had no idea what it was nor what it was capable of doing to me. For the first few seconds, i actually screamed at it…the closest, hoping that whatever it was would go away. I guess my boss heard me screaming and he came running. He took one look at me and started laughing. He grabbed a broom and opened the closest door and out came a small, gray mouse. I could not believe how freaked out i was. This is why you should not let fear take the best of you, at least know what it is that you’re going against before you start screaming.