I cant believe i was ever intimidated by...

When I was younger I was very terrified of the unknown. Take the middle of the night and you hear something but your not sure what it was. I would be completely full of fear and unable to speak or move. I wasn't afraid of the dark or monsters or anything like that, it was the fear of not knowing what was going on in my surroundings. I was more terrified that there was something going on that I would have no control over. It was the same thing during the day when I could see everything. I don't know why I had this fear, I've always been a bigger guy so I was never scared of a fight because I could see what I was going up against. My fear and what I was intimidated by were the things that I could not see. The things I couldn't size up and determine if I would be able to make it through.I think that's actually what a lot of peoples fears are and they don't realize it, fear of the dark, fear of loud noises, or even the fear of death. Basically it all boils down to the fear of the unknown, and that is something we all must overcome if we want to progress in life. It took many years to realize my problem and how to control it. So now that I'm older and understand what I was intimidated by I actually still fear it but now understand  how I can control my surroundings. I cant believe I was intimidated by the unknown.