Fear

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Fear- Acknowledge it- Respect it- Live with it
Do all living things fear something? Those that have minds surely have many different fears, but even the simplest organisms must have fear, due to the fact that fear is such a powerful feeling. Fear is all around us and is felt everywhere on earth. Fear is defined as; the emotion or feeling that a living creature gets when its physical or mental life is interrupted by a change that causes the creature concern.
Humans especially, fear many different things; death, disease, old age, commitment, noises in the night, pain, responsibility, work, being too fat or too thin, or any number of other things. Some of our fears are reasonable, like the fear for our safety so we lock our doors, don’t walk alone on dark streets, or turn on lots of lights to keep something we fear away. We fear for our health so we diet, exercise, and eat only healthy foods.
Our fears can also help us make decisions such as, where to live, what to do with our money, how to raise our children, or even what kind of car to drive. Our fears may be sudden like when your brother jumps out behind you and yells ‘boo’. People’s fears can also be built up over a long period of time, for example, during the cold war millions of people thought that at any moment they would be attacked by the Russians, so they built bomb shelters because of that fear. Some of our fears come straight from our imagination. They may appear irrational or silly to others but fear, real or imagined, is still fear.
Fears seem to sneak up on us, drenching us in sweat sending our heart rate rocketing, leaving us quaking and shivering. Some fears we may see coming and our body and mind prepare to fight or flee. We see and understand those kinds of fears and can use rational thinking, stress reduction, and plan our actions to combat those fears.
One of the things we fear the most is the loss of control. Even if we really don’t have control, ...