Published April 20, 2022

Daily events may not always return the outcomes we want. Every day our morals and ethics are tested in the manner we react to these instances. Unfortunate events are part of life which create fears. Fear is defined in this article as a disturbed feeling from expected action. You grant memories the power to sadden yourself.

The saying, challenge fear, attacks why we introduced some habits. Worries form routines to prevent despair from entering our day. Proceeding away from areas of comfort is scary. We continue feeling safe following our habits, but the fear remains.

A fear from my life

Presenting was a worry-free task until a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) gave me aphasia. The thought of forgetting words from aphasia or circling the main topic scared me. For these reasons I was afraid of presenting to educators. Aphasia will always overpower me if I remain inactive.

Education and sports from my childhood reminded me how to visualize my vocabulary. Therapy taught how weak my word choice was at the beginning. This lessened my intellect to the audience until I chose to react.

Stand up to Fear

1. Define Your Objective (Read Define Your Objective Part 1 and Part 2 Articles)
2. Comprehend Feedback from others (Friends, Family, Doctors, etc.)
   1. Do their remarks offer any educative ideas?
3. Set a manageable step in the direction you desire
   1. Does feedback apply to your wishes?
   2. Find a smaller task to fulfill than a group
4. Schedule training time
   1. Depending on your goal, select a time amount to practice your weakness
5. Alter Past Attempts
   1. Implement training to the overall objective

Take light steps, not drastic jumps at the beginning. Gradually develop towards your goal.

Challenge Fear of Aphasia

1. Present knowledgably to an audience
2. Listen to feedback
   1. Family compares my past speaking to present
   2. Therapists instruct me to privately practice
3. Use apparent word choice for a business presentation
   1. Live in the present, not memories before a TBI
   2. Appropriate sentence structure requires practice
4. Set aside 30 minutes the day before a presentation to train
   1. Practice each sentence with proper word choice
5. Attempt presentation from training

Start Training

The past methods of preparing a presentation would return similar frustration. Historical speech presenters disclosed each spent hours preparing beforehand. The words used demanded rehearsals to sound educative while keeping sentences concise.

The first presentation wasn’t excellent on my first try, but I felt a slight improvement from previous tries. The effort brought me closer to achieving a goal against aphasia. I found new steps to take above aphasia in my presentation skill.

The first test may not return results you strive for, but learn from them to stand again!

After Confronting Fear

Opposing fear has levels. Attempts to combat an enemy require courage to succeed. We may not always triumph, but any struggle gives us new moments to study from. Presenting to a professor wasn’t immediately perfected, but I found a new habit to train for the future. We must live through these chances rising towards another joy. Despair remains at the bottom until we step up to triumph.