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The Only Thing to Fear is Fear Itself!
People are only born with two instinctive fears. That of loud noises and that of falling from high places. All our other fears are learned. Something very personally dramatic happens to us in our early years which becomes a psychological trigger for panic attacks, hyper ventilation, dizziness, fainting, nausea, sweating, trembling and even paralysis. Phobia is the psychological word for these learned fears.
The good news on phobias is that whatever was learned can be unlearned. Yes you can put an end to your fears with ‘under the radar’ panic attacks treatment subliminal CDs or mp3s. Imagine living your life free from all those dreadful phobia symptoms! A friend of mine became almost housebound when, for no conscious reason, a walk outside turned into a nightmare at the sight of a frog. It is called ‘batrachaphobia’ and is an irrational fear fo amphibians such as frogs, toads and newts.
Now she never went out of her way to acquire this reaction and nobody can tell her how she came by it. We use the word learned in the context of phobias to mean a conditioned response associated with a trigger of unknown origin. Her mind was in control of her, and this was not good. She had no control over her bodies reactions at the sight of these creatures, or even at the thought of them.
She however regained control: A subliminal CD or mp3 album targetted her subconscious mind - the source of her phobic symptoms. By targeting her mind directly in this way she changed the negative mental associations that caused her panic attacks. This reinforced and extended the benefits of a number of ‘Eye movement desensitisation routines’ (EMDR) and replaced her fears with positive thoughts and patterns to ensure a permanent end to her phobias.
Any learned fear can be unlearned with positive action by the sufferer and a correctly targetted subliminal CD or mp3 message.
Dan Bainbridge
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/the-only-thing-to-fear-is-fear-itself-682336.html
The only thing to fear is fear itself?
What does this actually mean I don’t get how you can fear fear. Please try and help me understand.
Ok say you’re scared of spiders, the spiders are the fear right? Spiders = fear
So you’re scared of (you fear) spiders (= fear)
What d’ya think?
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It is another way of saying that by focusing on our fears we will be consumed by them. If you never want to get out of bed due to fear of the world, people, rejection, animals, whatever… you are conquered by it even though nothing actually happened to you. So it is not necessarily the object of you fear that is bad, but your fear of possibly encountering you fears.
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Pretty much it is saying that you can control what U are afraid of. If you have no fear, then you wont fear anything but when you fear something, yes, you are fearing it. So if you get over your fear, you wont have anything to fear. Thus, if you fear anything at all, you are fearing fear. WOW… My head hurts from all that talk about fearing the fear if you fear your fear because your afraid of your fears…. AAAAGGHHHH!
Good luck! =D
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It’s what I think. Fear is a major cause of problems of the world. Hate, I believe, is generally the result of a fear of the unknown.
The saying, "The only thing to fear is fear itself," to me means thar fear is the real problem. If you look at our society, we often respond in fear. Terrorism is a good example. People who try to spread fear by using images, act out violently, or simply try to convince people.
Fear can make us act irrationally. For example, there are people who are afraid of water. This is an irrational fear, because water by itself is harmless. Yes, you can drown, but such a think is unlikely. Plus there are plenty of things you can do to prevent a drowning.
There are rational fears, like if your house catches on fire, it makes sense to feel fear.
So, to sum up, I feel that old saying means that we have to be careful to not let fear take us over. Yes, fearful things happen, but we can’t let them take control of us. We cant live in fear for our lives, for how is that really living?
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I don’t like that saying at all. Obviously, it’s telling you to fear fear, which is doing what it’s telling you not to. I know - confusing. I do understand the point, but we don’t want people going through that confusion.
Really I think we should say, ‘Do not fear.’ If you are afraid, that keeps you from going on with your life. Things happen. Good things AND bad things. People are going to die, people will betray you, people will fall in love. Fearing something does not prevent it. It’s okay to be concerned and hope something does not happen, because the power of the human belief system is strong. You know - the power of suggestion. But fear? Personally, I avoid it the best I can.
But fear is a central part of our nature. We’ve just got to learn to not let our fears consume us.
I hope this is a satisfying answer, even if I did ramble a bit.
Sincerely and with utmost respect,
~Scarlet
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Ask yourslef: What’s the worst that could happen? And if the worst happened, would I break down and die or would I cope with it and go on to become a stronger better person?
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