Fear Is A Feeling Or An Emotion

Sometimes fear stems from real threats, but it can also originate from imagined dangers. Fear can also be a symptom of some mental health conditions, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In many situations, it is rational and prudent to fear another person. For example, if someone physically threatens us, the best response is to get away from that person as soon as possible. However, few of our interpersonal dealings involve such dire threats. It's more likely that we would fear those who may cause us to lose our job, relationships, self-esteem, or something else of high emotional value. It's important to examine our inner reactions to the people in our life to understand them, and ourselves, that much better.

The emotion of fear is hard-wired into all creatures. As young children, your fears may have occupied much of your emotional life, perhaps because you were so vulnerable and unable to protect yourself. You probably outgrew those fears, partly by acquiring greater physical size and a wider range of abilities and experiences. In the worst scenarios—such as a bear invading your campground—you learned enough from others' stories to figure out how to get out alive.

We have a lot of fear within us. We can't help it. But to be fair, how have these fears cost us our lives? We might not be able to escape from it entirely, but we need to understand there's a way to eliminate the many fears we have, one by one. There are many bits of help that are available around.

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