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Overcoming my Fear | Fahad Alolayan | TEDxYouth@AISR


it all started on bright sunny day in
August 2016 my family and I were in New
York City one was around every corner
skyscrapers towered above New York el
taxis dotted the streets the city was
big tacular just like I imagined I
couldn’t wait to go visit all the place
that I had on my list we were having a
wonderful time at the biggest Apple
store in the world when we decided to
grab a bite we wanted food help us
around the corner it was really crowded
that day and I was flipping through the
pages of a book I’d just bought one
moment my parents were beside me the
next they were gone I turned around I
looked around my parents had disappeared
I was lost
the first moments of panic are horrible
questions kept repeating in my head
where are they will I ever see them
again
how will they ever find me I was alone
and lost six thousand five hundred and
three miles away from home to this day
till this moment I can still feel the
fear it took over my entire body my
breath my heart my mind we’re all
totally out of control after some time I
learned that our bodies are designed to
react quickly to fear sending out
powerful hormones and signals the
different parts of our bodies they give
us the energy to run with the power to
fight in case of danger sometimes
however the Furion pulse can be around
and coping becomes unmanageable that is
exactly what happened to me let me be
clear I did find my family they’re
but after the incident my body continued
to feel the side effects of fear but
there was nothing to be afraid of I
started experiencing severe anxiety of
being separated from whom or from my
parents and nothing anyone could say was
going to convince me that I would be
okay oh I started avoiding every
situation that might trigger my fear
avoidance however prevented me from
doing the things I loved and need to do
a lot of us might have a fear of one
thing or another at some point of our
lives for most people this fear is minor
however when it becomes so severe it can
take over your life
it can hold you back from doing the
things you need I love to do whenever
this happens to you you have a decision
to make
you can either confront the fear and
unfortunately most people choose to cope
with fear by avoidance there are four
guarantees that every single time you
avoid a fear the objectors intuition
your fear gained strength while you lose
some what I’ve learned is that the only
way out is by confronting your fear and
embracing it and as you do that little
by little your fear will turn into
strength I’m not saying it’s gonna be
easy it took me a long time to overcome
appetit what I am saying is that you all
have the option to overcome your fears
I’ve also learned that you need to fill
your life with goals and dreams you need
to have things to challenge yourself and
work towards with you may also try
singing out loud I can I will
and I must for me are used reading as a
way to heal my fears I wrote a book and
called it what if I want a younger
there’s an all stratas company she’s
angry too and I am very excited to say
that I have to print it off
of copies for all of you to take one
I dedicated the book to all the children
around the world who suffer from
different kinds of fear I now know that
by facing my fear and embracing I turned
yes fear is scary I get that but so what
you ain’t got nothing on you you and you
alone are responsible for creating your
own life you deserve a life full of the
things you love we are fragile kind of
like this balloon and fuel come fear can
however fear doesn’t have to make you
I would like to suggest that you all do
to overcome your fears and take control
of your life thank you [Applause]
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