Good day hivers I hope you're all doing good.
I have a lot of fears when I was a child. One of them is about our dog. I was so scared and won't even come near the dog. I was thinking they would eat me that time. Those dogs I remember are quite big and when I was a child in my eyes they are giant. I won't step out of the house whenever I see the dogs on my way. My elder sister would chase the dogs away before they can convince me to come outside. Those fears just fade away as I grow up and I learn to liked them. As I feel that they really won't bite me instead they are protecting our house against stranger and other animals. I once saw our dog chasing a small snake and it managed to kill that snake. I saw his head has blood and small wound and I assumed the snake might have bit him but lucky he didn't die. It's not a venomous snake I think.
Photos of our dog courtesy of my sister
Another fear that stayed with me for a long time was the way our father disciplined us. He seldom raised his hands to his girls but always raised his voice. Just one look from him is enough to send us in our room. When he raises his voice we already run inside😬. Though he seldom hit us( girls) it's a different story when it comes to my brother's. He beat them often and it always scare me. I don't want to see him beating my brother for in my mind he might kill them. These fears stay in my mind for a long time. Whenever I know my brother had done something wrong and my father would beat him when he come home it frightened me so much. There are times that I would cover up for him so he won't get beaten. Those scene traumatised me until I grow up. I would dream of it and wake up terrified and in tears. Only recently that I overcame it. When I look back and finally realized that those beatings actually help my brother. If my father was lenient back then maybe he won't even finish his secondary. One of the reason of those beatings is his lack of interest to go to school and being irresponsible to his chores in the house😬. Actually he must thanks our father for all those beatings that he got🫤. These are few of my fears that I conquered. There are still more that I haven't and still working for it😁.
My participation for this week's prompt.
What was your greatest fear when you were a child and how did you conquer it?
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