13 Dec
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear it’self – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
FDR – First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
“One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don’t think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore – or love.”
Graham Greene – The Confidential Agent (1939)
“What are fears but voices airy?
Whispering harm where harm is not.
And deluding the unwary
Till the fatal bolt is shot!”
Wordsworth
“Fear – jealousy – money – revenge – and protecting someone you love.”
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19 Nov
ShareFailure is something that everyone goes through every day in the form of failure in exams, sports, jobs, marital affairs and sometimes even life. However it is important to be able to handle this fear, which not everyone can do. In fact, there are many people who have a fear of failure, and so here are some tips to overcome this fear and head on with life.
The first thing you have to do is to recognize what you fear. To do this, you have to look back at when you had first experiencing this fear. It could be a project, an exam, a deadline or some game.
Once this is done, you have to start boosting your self esteem by realizing that obstacles are a way of life and failure leads to success. It is by overcoming these obstacles and failures... »View More
29 Mar
ShareHumans have been able to conquer and find answers to most of the mysteries of the world, but death remains unconquered. Although there have been many theories told about life after death, nothing has been clearly evident. The speculations over ghosts have been raving for a long time, but concrete evidence has not been found. According to believers, there are different types of ghosts, such as traditional apparitions, crisis apparitions, doppelgangers, and anniversary ghosts.
Traditional apparitions are ghosts that interact with human beings. This can be for good or for bad. These ghosts are said to hide objects, frighten people, throw objects or plea for help. These ghosts are said to be present because of unfinished work. This can be due... »View More
22 Jan
ShareAny amount of knowledge about fear would be incomplete without understanding phobias and the nature, causes and treatment of them. Hence a special chapter on this is included in the book.
What is a phobia
A phobia is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear about something. If someone reacts to something as if it were dangerous, when in reality it is not, we speak of a phobia. In all of the common phobias the degree of fear the individual experiences is quite out of proportion to the actual danger.
Phobias are different from fears in the severity of reaction.
With phobias the level of emotional disturbance and the level of physical arousal of the body is abnormally high. People with phobias reach a state of panic whereas those with... »View More
22 Jan
ShareThe list of fears is endless. There may be as many fears in the world as the number of stars in the universe. You can go even to the extent of fearing yourself. However, it will be appropriate to list out some common fears which all of us come across sometime or the other in our life’s journey.
• Fear of failure in an examination or in a project or in a game
• Fear of rejection and disapproval by others
• Fear of accident
• Fear of death
• Fear of being shot or murdered by a terrorist or enemy
• Fear of being robbed
• Fear of losing the job
• Fear of being killed in a bomb blast
• Fear of attack by animals
• Fear of insult & misbehaviour by others
• Fear of criticism/comments in your work by others
• Fear... »View More
