Darkness has it ever struck you like lightning!!!??
Have you ever seen fear with your own eyes? , do you believe in it ?
Well for that we have to learn what is fear. Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a specific stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to body or life. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis. After we are done learning what is fear ? Lets learn what are the types of fear ?
1. Fear of death
Death anxiety is multidimensional; it covers "fears related to one's own death, the death of others, fear of the unknown after death, fear of obliteration, and fear of the dying process, which includes fear of a slow death and a painful death".[14]The Yale philosopher Shelly Kagan examined fear of death in a 2007 Yale open course[15] by examining the following questions: Is fear of death a reasonable appropriate response? What conditions are required and what are appropriate conditions for feeling fear of death? What is meant by fear, and how much fear is appropriate? According to Kagan for fear in general to make sense, three conditions should be met:
- the object of fear needs to be "something bad"
- there needs to be a non-negligible chance that the bad state of affairs will happen
- there needs to be some uncertainty about the bad state of affairs
2. Fear of the unknown
Fear of the unknown or irrational fear is caused by negative thinking (worry) which arises from anxiety accompanied with a subjective sense of apprehension or dread. Irrational fear shares a common neural pathway with other fears, a pathway that engages the nervous system to mobilize bodily resources in the face of danger or threat. Many people are scared of the "unknown". The irrational fear can branch out to many areas such as the hereafter, the next ten years or even tomorrow. Chronic irrational fear has deleterious effects since the elicitor stimulus is commonly absent or perceived from delusions. In these cases specialists use False Evidence Appearing Real as a definition. Such fear can create comorbidity with the anxiety disorder umbrella.[18] Being scared may cause people to experience anticipatory fear of what may lie ahead rather than planning and evaluating for the same. For example, "continuation of scholarly education" is perceived by many educators as a risk that may cause them fear and stress,[19] and they would rather teach things they've been taught than go and do research. That can lead to habits such as laziness and procrastination
3. Fear of Life ETC
The fear which makes you so scared that you are scared of life. This fear is pretty rare and i personally do not believe in it !
Conclusion:-
I do not believe in these types of fear because they have never occurred to me and i hope they never do to every one of you.