I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost when I was a child．These fears were very real and often caused me some uncomfortable moments．
Perhaps it was the strange 1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much．There was never complete 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal．Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 7 ．A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight．My 8 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast．I would 9 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me．
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school．Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home．That was no 11 ．After school, 12 , when all the buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get in the wrong one and be taken to some 14 neighborhood．On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't 15 the leaders out of my sight．
Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others．Being popular was so important to me 18 , and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one．
One of the processes(过程)of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears．Understanding the things that frightened us as children help us achieve greater success later in life．
