Essay: "Most pressure comes from what we fear and we fear the things we don't understand."

  Pressure is felt and interpreted in multiple different ways. In society people feel pressure for almost everything, from things and people in the present, to what could happen in the future. Pressure is all in the mind. It's based off of a fear that nobody even realizes exists because pressure comes from what is feared and the things that are feared are usually the things people don't understand. 

  A pressure that is very commonly felt among people, especially teenage girls, is the pressure to be flawless. The people that feel this pressure are the ones that believe what the little voice in their head is saying. A lot of people believe pressure comes from others' opinions and it's others that are making those people feel like it's necessary to change. While that may be a good point and sometimes it is other people's opinions that affect the pressure, nobody is actually forcing anyone to change. It's a fear of not fitting in to be like "everyone else." 

  The pressure of school drives people insane. The need for getting an 'A' in order to feel satisfied. Truth is, it's not actually the person that wants the 'A' most of the time, it's the idea in their mind that they need to have it in order to get into a good university to get a good, high paying job. With this thought in a person's head, they stay up late to study, work their tails off in order to succeed and don't realize that their habits due to that pressure, that doesn't exist from something in this physical world, is actually ruining their chances of a higher success rate. If people would stop believing that there's something physically telling them or pressuring them to get good grades, they would be healthier and would probably be more successful because they would get a better sleep at night, would be more relaxed and stress free making it easier to concentrate when it comes down to the test. People could better focus on doing their own personal best if they would stop having the false pressure in their head rule their life. 

  It's not just the pressure to be flawless, but in a different category, it's the pressure for someone to hide and be afraid to show that they're different and be proud of it. Gay is a huge one that people feel that pressure to not be proud to come out and say it. The pressure that goes along with that is the pressure for people to not accept when others are gay. If people feel pressure based off of fear then, in this case, they fear what they don't understand, which is how two people of the same sex can be attracted to one another. Pressure controls the reaction of people, which causes others to be afraid of being different because the little voice in their head is telling them they should be afraid. It's okay to be different, people just need to stop thinking that it's not.

  Pressure is a figment of a person's imagination. It doesn't exist physically. If people come to the realization that they are subconsciously thinking that it's a fact that flawless is the new different, good grades will lead to a better future than the person who's getting a 'B' or two and being different or gay is a bad or unacceptable thing, then chances are, life would be so much better for everyone. Pressure destroys self confidence and affects a persons state of mind. Learn to understand the fears, accept the differences and stand apart from "everyone else."