If You Fear Something, is it True?

[Zion]

If you fear something, is the fear true? Not "is the fear valid?", yes of course it's valid. Is the thing you fear true? 

Is it truly something that is to be feared? What makes something worthy of fear? What makes something fear? What makes fear, fear?

What is fear? What distincts fear from anything else?

What values does fear have? 

How do you find out what you fear? How do you find out why you fear it?

What is not fear?

Edited April 1, 2023 by Zion
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[Leo Gura]

Most fear is pretty irrational and untruthful.

[Jwayne]

45 minutes ago, Zion said:

If you fear something, is the fear true? Not "is the fear valid?", yes of course it's valid. Is the thing you fear true? 

Is it truly something that is to be feared? What makes something worthy of fear? Wha makes something fear? What makes fear, fear?

What is fear? What distincts fear from anything else?

What values does fear have? 

How do you find out what you fear? How do you find out why you fear it?

What is not fear?

Can you give examples rather than a barrage of abstraction?

[Basman]

Fear serves the important function of keeping you alive. Fear helps you stay alert of and avoid perceived dangers. It helps us trigger flight or fight responses when we are in danger.

Fear is instinctual and a natural part of being an animal.

Fear gets a bad rep though, because typically associated with crippling fear. rippling fear tends to be irrational and shaped by our formative experiences turned maladaptive as we become older. Like the fear of rejection or dogs. Often children become fearful of something if the people around them are afraid of it. I remember I used to be afraid of dogs simply because I had a family member who had cynophobia. 

There are things that are perfectly valid to fear, like getting run over in traffic. But there is a difference between being respectfully cautious and being crippled by fear. We tend to trust our fears unquestioningly regardless of their truth. 

Fear is fundamentally the perception that you cannot handle a given thing.

You implicitly know what you fear. It is one of the bases emotions in humans. Just ask yourself "what do you fear?".