"Fear from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear", is a distressing negative emotion induced by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus. I have copied below the longer viersion of Fear. However because I am a pro at dealing with fear there is only one way to overcome it, FACE IT
No matter what it is FACE IT! DO NOT RUN AND HIDE, FACE IT! However before you can you must understand and deal with one fact....in facing it you could die. YEP that is the worst of worst things that could happen. So if you take a minute, go ahead, clear your mind and thoughts. Now imagin dieing. Anyway you want. Imagin being tortured, falling from a 50 story building, burning slowly, suffering from painful cancer. Now, imagin the end of that suffering you die. Dead. Now what ?
If you compare that to the feeling you have if you think of those things and worry about them, fear them, run from them the pain and prolonged issues will haunt you and make your life miserable. Imagin worring about getting sick - you won't go out aroudn others, you won't touch things, you clean everything more than needed. Imagin being afraid of someone attacking you, so you stay in your house all the time, doors and windows locked, blinds drawn. Because your mind is telling you if you go out you will be killed. So if you already dealth with being killed you can go out.
There has been so much fear in my life there came a day when I was exhausted from hiding and running so I stood up, turned around and faced it. And I will tell you I will stand toe to toe with Satan himself or any evil there is, but I will not cower behind a chair, I will not hind in the dark waiting to be hurt....in fact, I will get in the face of fear and back it down.
Your voice, your eyes, your stance pushes fear in the back ground. There was a time when my daughter was working as a bartender. It was her first night on the bar so we went to celebrate with her. While eating a nice dinner at the bar there was a big group that game in. After they had several drinks they started complaing that she was not serving them fast enough. The regulars that were there started standing up for her and telling them to settle down. Then before we knew it men are bumping men and words are flying. Was I a fraid? YES. But I would not cower and run. So I stood on my bar stool, wisteled really loud, which I do well, and told them all to knock it off or I would call the police. They looked at me like ???? And started back in at each other, so I did it again, this time they parted ways went back to thier seats and calmed down.
Now some think I am so brave, so in your face, but I tell you, I can recall a time I was at someone house, and her husband came home drunk and she would not let him in, I was no older than 9ish. So he proceeded to take a baseball bat and bust in the windows. I cowarded behind the chair in fear.
Every night I lay in my bed in fear. NEVER WILL I EVER let fear of ANY KIND keep me from living. Do I like it? NO, but I like being afraid less. So in order to take care of myself and live the life I deserve to live I protect myself in the best possible way, stand up to the fear, face it and make it go away. NO POWER
Same with any fear, spiders, falling, tight spaces, heights, no matter the fear, face it...and accept death, it is the worst possible outcome...
Here is the dictonary's description of fear...thanks for reading....Love, Peace and Joy !!
Ann
"Fear can be widely classified into two types: external fear and internal fear.
- External fear is caused by something outside of you which you are strongly motivated to avoid, for example: fear of spiders.
- Internal fear is something inside of you that you link a negative emotion, for example: fear developed out of low self esteem.
Fear can be described with different terms in relation to the degree of fear that is experienced. It varies from mild caution to extreme phobia and paranoia. Fear is related to a number of additional cognitive and emotional states including worry,anxiety, terror, horror, panic, and dread. Experiences of fear can remain long after exposure in the unconscious mind, where they may then manifest as nightmares, or, in an even stronger form, night terrors. Fear may also be experienced within a larger group or social network, and may be compounded by social influence and become mass hysteria. Some pathologies related to fear (defined by persistent and irrational fears) can include different types of anxiety disorder which are very common, and also other more severe illnesses like the extreme phase of bipolar disorder and some kinds of schizophrenia.
The experience of distrust can be explained as a feeling of mild fear or caution, usually in response to an unfamiliar or potentially dangerous person. Distrust may occur as a feeling of warning towards someone or something that is questionable or unknown. For example, one may distrust a stranger who acts in a way that is perceived as odd or unusual. Likewise, one may distrust the safety of a rusty old bridge across a 1,000-foot (300 m) drop. Distrust may serve as an adaptive, early warning signal for situations that could lead to greater fear and danger. Reassurance can usually dissolve a fear like this e.g. repeatedly doing something to gain trust in it.
Terror is an acute and pronounced form of fear. It is an overwhelming sense of immediate personal danger. It can also be caused by perceiving the object of a phobia. Terror may overwhelm a person to the point of making irrational choices and atypical behavior.
Paranoia is a term used to describe a psychosis of fear. It is experienced as long-standing feelings and perceptions of being persecuted. Paranoia is an extreme emotional state combined with cognitions or, more specifically, delusions that one is in danger. This degree of fear may indicate that a person has changed his or her normal behavior in extreme or maladaptive ways."
