« |
»
Overcoming the Causes of Fear
admin | 12 October, 2008 20:31
The brain is a profound organ, consisting of clusters of nerves. The nerve cells in the brain send sensory messages to almost every part of the body that is connected to it. It can either be a signal to makes us conscious of things every where in our bodies or a signal that can be present only when stimulated. One of these signals is fear; fear is aroused by numerous stimuli, varying in form and condition. Fear is felt when certain factors create a feeling of being threatened or being afraid of something that could possibly happen in the future.
There are many classifications of fear and the causes of fear itself. Our brains develops to identify that which leads to and signifies fear in us. There are a lot of sources from which our fears originate. Fear can originate from our social environment, in our subconscious mind, and in the interpretation of our norms and values, or even during drastic changes.
There are different levels of immediate responses, according to the degree of fear. One can react to a mild cautionary fear, phobia or trauma, or paranoia. Certain emotional responses to anxiety, pain, worry, fright, panic and terror relatively emit fear.
Today, there are several aspects of fear that trigger these emotional responses. Some of the causes of fear that are most common are the fear of terrorist's attacks, death, failure, war, heights, crime, violence, and some animals and insects like spiders or cockroaches. But in reality, we all get that feeling of fearing something once in awhile in our life and the best thing to do is to works towards overcoming the causes fears so we can live according to what we want and not be controlled by our fears.
