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Bradley D. Hyde, MHPP, B.Sc. GA

Fear: The emotion that fuels humanity

What is Fear?

Biologically

certain areas of the brain, the amygdala and hypothalamus, are activated and appear to control physical responses. Such as, adrenaline and cortisol are released into the blood stream

Emotionally

Fear is programmed into all animals as an instinctual response to potential danger

Kinds of Fears

Panic

Anxiety

Phobia

Panic

Panic is an immediate physical response to unrealistic and irrational fears. Experiencing an alarm response when there is in fact nothing to be afraid of is known as panic

This can have a huge affect on both your emotional and physical well-being .

Anxiety

Future-orientated fear is known as anxiety.

While fear happens at the moment danger arises, anxiety is characterized

by apprehension because we don’t know what’s going to happen next, and we cannot control upcoming events.

Phobia

There are nearly 6oo differently labeled phobias

According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm.

Can we have Fear without Anger?

Sometimes we mask our fears in anger.

Confusing Emotion with Threat:

•In the world we live in today there is a culture of “feeling good”, but with this comes the vulnerability of if we are not “feeling good” all the time there is something wrong with us. This produces shame and fear.

•People often equate fear with threat. Fear is not a threat, in fact, it is the complete opposite. It is the mechanism that encourages us to act.

•For instance, a fire alarm can be disagreeable (especially for those who desire to “feel good” all the time) but its purpose is to create action in us. Like “put out the fire or escape”

•When we fail to act on these motivation, our fear, possibly indirectly, will increase

FEAR rules our relationships

Not recognizing fear in our partners can create an insensitivity that will cause enormous relationship problems.

Ignoring the anxiety of a partner in a relationship will produce shame and anger. Especially if the societal entitlement of “feeling good” is a necessity of that partner

By avoiding the call to action signal (fear) we dismiss and ignore to motivation to correct, appreciate, connect and heal.

Instead of enriching and deepening our relationships we make them defensive.

This outcome is often confused with communications problems or incompatibility when really it is insensitivity, denial and or ignorance.

*WARNINGIf you have ignored this presentation you may soon be under the care of a mental health professional

Fear: the emotion that fuels humanity

Contact information:

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Tel: 870.919.2459email: bhyde@suddenlink.net

Special thanks to “cleaning up emotional pollution by steven stosny. Illistrations by Randy Glasbergen, “understanding procrastination and how to achieve our goals” by Timothy A. Pychyl, “Fear and Focus” by Chris Joosse