2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.

First:

I am terrified of walking over the grates in sidewalks. Now, I will walk over them if I have to, but I hold my breath and every muscle in my body tenses. I am afraid of falling through them.....which is a rational fear, I know. But I am more afraid of what will be in the sewer when I fall. The Ninja Turtles. No. Lie. I am afraid of this. When I was 4 years old I had a nightmare in black and white where I was an inch tall and the Turtles were chasing me trying to squish me. Not pleasant. I still love the Ninja Turtles and am not afraid of them by any means. But I'm apparently afraid to meet them in a sewer. Perhaps if I just carry a pizza around with me at all times I'll be all right.

Second:

SPIDERS!!!!!!! OMG I hate spiders so much. They have too many legs....and eyes....and they're furry...and they have pinchers...and they bite you....and they jump....My skin is crawling just writing this. Sometimes Jacob runs his fingers down my arm really fast and says there's a spider on me and I literally freak out and my heart starts racing. Have I made it clear that I hate spiders? Good.

Third:

Failing. I know this is going to sound awful, but I don't think I've ever failed before. Not really anyway. I mean, obviously people fail tests all the time. And I've failed to make it to places on time. And I've failed to get jobs that I really wanted....but there has not been something that I have wanted to do where I am unable to accomplish this. Or maybe I'm just looking at my life all wonky and I fail all the time...and my real fear is just being aware of truly how useless I am.