By Ann
My fear is to go blind. And recently, I had an eye scare! It felt like I had something in one of my eyes, all the time. And I was seeing out of the corner of that eye a kind of a web like mess. It felt like a piece of my hair from my bangs was in my eye, but I would check and brush my hair back and the feeling was still there. I cleansed my eye, rinsed it out. Looked into it with a magnifying mirror and went without eye make-up. Then the feeling would come and go. I was beginning to FREAK OUT! My eye! My eyes! Not my eyes! 
I told all my friends and asked their opinions. They all had suggestions and had experienced similar things. And they comforted me telling me that it was probably nothing…
BUT! it wasn’t going away. My eyes! My eyes! My fear is to go blind! I love to read, I love to write! Oh no, not my eyes!
I scheduled an eye exam with my doctor, hadn’t had an eye check up in about two years.
At the examination, I shared with Dr. Brooks, my fear of going blind. While examining me, she told me that her fear was flying. 
I said well, imagine how you’d feel getting on an airplane because that is how I feel right now. My stomach hurts. I feel sick and calmy… I…
Dr. Brooks: I don’t get on an airplane anymore. I just won’t! I will check your 
eyes out thoroughly. Just relax.
Easy for her to say!
After the examination and all the tests, the result is that I have a floater. It looks to Dr. Brooks like it’s detached which is good. Other than that my eyes are very healthy.
WHEW! Thank you GOD!!! I go back in a month for a follow up….
So, I have revealed my scary, deadly fear and Dr. Brooks revealed hers. What is yours? We all have them.
FEAR is not an enemy. It can be our friend. It warns us when we need to act, change directions, check something out, or maybe, just run away from something or someone. FEAR is a normal reaction and it’s instinctual.
If we act, address, confront, or figure it out, then the FEAR is released as the action, we take or information gleaned creates awareness to understanding.
Deny your FEARS and you deny a piece of yourself. Of course, it’s wise, not to let fear paralyze us, or to make us paranoid, or to make us sick from worry. Worry can be fear’s partner in crime.
Address your fear in every way possible then you are more able to release it. Admitting fears can be the first step to dissipating them.
So, what is your FEAR? Are you brave enough to admit it to yourself and to share it?