The Fear Inside Of You

Do you have any fears? Of course you do. Everyone does. It is just a part of our human nature and there is nothing we can do to prevent it. The only thing we can do is to confront our fears "face to face" and get over our fears to make ourselves better persons. Hiding from the fear that is deep inside of you will not do you any good and will result to a life of fear. We must know how to face it and stand up for ourselves. If you ignore fear, it won't go away. Here are some of the fears that most people are afraid to confront:

1. Arachnophobia- fear of spiders
2. Haemaphobia- fear of blood
3. Acrophobia- fear of heights
4. Testophobia- fear of exams
5. Catoptrophobia- feaer of mirrors
6. Chaetophobia- fear of hair
7. Pteronophobia- feaer of being tickled by feathers
8. Ergophobia- fear of work
9. Cancerophobia- fear of cancer
10. Necrophobia- fear of corpses
11. Nosophobia- fear of disease
12. Ommatophobia- fear of eyes
13. Leprophobia- fear of Leprosy
14. Genophobia- fear of sex
15. Odontophobia- fear of teeth
16. Traumatophobia- fear of wounds
17. Toxiphobia- fear of poison
18. Psychophobia- fear of the mind
19. Erotophobia- fear of Physical Love
20. Tocophobia- fear of Child Birth

First, what is fear? 


Emotions are a part of our day to day lives. We can not avoid them and our life will be boring without them. One of those emotions is fear. Fear is that emotion which makes us afraid and it is an instinctive response to a potential threat. It is also defined in the dictionary as the feeling of agitation and anxiety  that is caused by the presence or imminence of danger or harm and as an extreme reverence or awe, as toward a higher or supreme power. When a person is afraid, the amygdala and the hypothalamus (both parts of the brain) immediately active to control the physical response of fear. Chemicals in the body such as adrenaline and cortisol (stress hormone) are released into the bloodstream to cause physical reactions like:

• Rapid heart rate
• Increased blood pressure
• Tightening of muscles
• Sharpened or redirected senses
• Dilation of the pupils (to let in more light)
• Increased sweating

Fear can paralyze you and stop you from achieving your goals. People who experienced fear will often remember that moment when a disaster struck and how time seemed to slow down. Without even thinking about, they would perform superhuman feats that no one can even imagine like lifting a car just to save your loved one without experiencing any pain. The human body has two main responses when it comes to fear and confronting danger: fight or flight.

The Fight or Flight Response

The "fight or flight response" is our body's automatic response that prepares to body to fight or run away from a threat to our survival. When this response has been stimulated, chemicals like adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol are released into the bloodstream. Our respiratory rate will increase, blood is shunted away from our digestive system and into our muscles which is needed for us to either fight or run. Our pupils dilate and our awareness intensifies. Our sight becomes sharper and our impulses will quicken. We will feel pain a little less and the immune system mobilizes with increased activation. Our body becomes prepared physically and psychologically for the fight or for the flight. If the body chooses to fight, the body will transform into an aggressive, combative state in which the body prepares to battle the threat (Learning how to fight and practicing martial arts would help a lot if the body chooses this response). Otherwise, if the body chooses to flee away from the danger zone, it will withdraw from the environment and seek a safer place before cooling down (A little Parkour wouldn't hurt). This are the main responses during danger situations.

Fight

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Flight

Overcoming our Fears

Overcoming fear will not come to you. You should go to it. Nothing will happen if you just stand around doing nothing if your afraid. Being scared is common. What is not common is that only a few people are willing to face their fears no matter how scared they are. No one ever accomplished anything sitting down and doing nothing. Get out there and go conquer your fear. Do not let any external factor from keeping you to face your fears. We must become versatile enough to not let fear stand in the way of us completing our goals. Never let fear run your life. It is your life, so it is your show. Do not let that fear keep you from doing things that will be better for your growth. Courage is needed for all of this things to happen. Courage is not exactly the absence of fear, but it is the willingness to confront fear no matter the situation. Courage or Bravery is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, or uncertainty without hesitation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. This two kinds of courage are the main weapons in battling fear. No matter what the cost will be, if we face our fears without any hesitations, the rewards will be a hundred times better and as a bonus, you will be less afraid of that certain moment if it happens to pass you by again. 

This is the end of my blog about the emotion fear.

"Courage is endurance for one moment more ..."

-Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."

-Ambrose Redmoon

"The Greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure"

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”