An Analysis on Fear

It's actually an analytical essay on the emotion itself.

Fear, the response to the threat of danger to one's life, mental state, reputation, something of value, a loved one, a significant location, an ideal, etc. The response to uncertainty of a person, place, or thing considering whether it be harmful, lethal, unnatural, supernatural, friendly or simply neutral. An emotion that is prevalent in all humans, changing their behavior and reactions depending on the situation. Fear heightens the human senses, causing them to be more aware of their surroundings in order to react quickly and accordingly to the situation given. Fear can be presented as a negative emotion, not knowing what is out there, complete uncertainty, no firm ground to hold on to prepare for future events. In this way, fear would seem to give the human soul a feeling of loss. The fact that the future is out of their control and that it does not care whether it cast them aside or push them forward to some wonderful goal, but always seeing the latter to be the most unlikely option. Thus the human mindset is through this set to “Always prepare for the worst, but always hope for the best.” Fear, in a more extreme sense of the aforementioned mental process, could place upon one's mind the thought that the future only holds pain and misery for them and as much as their hearts fervently plead for someone to assure them that their future plight is false, they believe it to be impossible and simply continue to wait in misery. This is what I would call the “Fear of Misery,” the fear that the world is only meant to bring one pain or most likely will. Humans as well fear being incapable of accomplishing their goals. Humans set markers for themselves in their lives that they plan to reach in order to continue to move forward in the world and on to the next marker on the map. These markers are a way of paving the future for oneself so that the future is not entirely unknowable, or that is what they hope will be the outcome. The fear that comes from this is that some unforeseeable event in the future will occur that will shatter all their plans either when they are so close to accomplishing them or simply destroy any hope for future ones. Another example is if someone were given the opportunity to perform a incredible task that could benefit them and/or others if they succeed, or disintegrate any hope for a good future if they fail. This fear is one of the most obvious to spot for it is quite prevalent in one's daily life. Such as: delivering a speech, teaching a class, completing a paper, completing a project, giving a report, standing up for what is right, commencing an operation (medical,military,etc.), or taking a test. Each of these tasks can implant this type of fear, which I would call the “Fear of Failure.” The third type of fear is the one that plague's one's conscience. The human always desires rebellion, in any form or fashion they can achieve it in, whether it be right or wrong. Yet, what always seems to linger in the back of one's mind is the price he/she might have to pay for the actions they take that are deemed rebellious. Rebellious in this sense remains a very broad term. The negative can range from stealing a cookie from a cookie jar to cheating on a test to robbing a gas station to committing first degree murder and so on. Either way each is an attempt to counter-act some for of binding law for selfish gain. The positive can range from standing up to a bully, speaking to say the right thing when everyone else is silent, or turning the other way when everyone else is doing the wrong thing. The positive encapsulates courage and fortitude in the face of an over-arching and seemingly unconquerable adversity. And with each comes a different type of consequence. For the negative it is justice, that which delivers the deserved punishment to the specified crime. For the positive it is loss, whether it be friends, status, possessions, or simply suffering physical trauma. Both are undesirable consequences and yet the previous is risked far more than the latter since the one committing the crime is so intent on achieving it. Therefore they ignore it and/or reason it away. This would make this fear the most commonly bypassed. Even though it is now a given, it is known as the “Fear of Consequence” or the lingering fear; the fear that won't go away and causes one to be very cautious when endeavoring into their own form of rebellion.

Fear, a powerful emotion provoking caution or cowardice; the motivator of action or canceler of it; and the feeling that is present in all that we do, whether strong or weak.

Reviews

[Aventicus]

I may need more. What do you think?