Howard Thurman's Ramification Of Fear

Fear stalks humanity wherever it goes. It feeds on our panic and uncertainty. This is seen throughout 1692, the 1950s, and the present, when a leader with great power creates a solution to a problem that people did not even know they had to fear people begin to fear as well as the cycle of innocent people falsely confessing adding to the fear.

Fear is a common human emotion, but the way some people react is different than others. Although, it is harder on some humans unlike other people. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said,” Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” I think that means that fear harms more people than anything else does in the whole world. Also that people can scare themselves way easier than normal and it’s not healthy.

      All of this fear starts at one of the very first assemblies when a littlun says that he saw a beastie in the forest.  "Now he says it was a beastie"

     We humans especially, fear many different things: death, disease, old age, commitment, noises in the night, pain, responsibility, work, being too fat or too thin, or any number of other things. Some of our fears are reasonable and rationale, like the fear for our safety so we lock our doors at night, never walk alone on dark streets, and

“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.”-Karl Augustus Menninger.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” What is fear? Fear can be a noun or a verb. In the noun form, it is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. In the verb form, it is to be afraid of someone or something that is dangerous, painful, or threatening. If one person looks into fear, then that person becomes feared. But imagine a whole society or community looking into fear. The fear not only gets larger as it spreads, but it also gets more fearful than it already is. The power of fear can be displayed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and in Ronald Oakley’s “The Great Fear”. As fear moves on from one mind to the next, it leaves the

Fear is often characterized as an irrational sense of negativity toward the unknown or the unlikeable. In the eyes of many Americans, the majority of whom proclaim their Christian beliefs, this sensation is considered unavoidable. Marilynne Robinson argues in her article “Fear”, published by The New York Review of Books in 2015, that “...first, contemporary America is full of fear. And second, fear is not a Christian habit of mind” (Robinson 1). In other words, it is ‘unchristian’ to fear. In both the beginning and conclusion, she clearly expresses credibility through her extensive credentials and strong emotional arguments; however, this is overshadowed by the wordiness, sarcasm, and lack of

.Not all living things go through the idea of fear; in fact, humans are the only creature capable of think about this concept in this way. Fear can makes us think of all the possibilities of the future to come. When we think about our destiny, our instinct tells us to start preparing and dreading what's to come. Humans visualize the worst possibility and usually over-prepare themselves and family.

As I began reading the 2nd chapter of Mr. Thurman’s book on fear quite honestly I was going to stop reading, because as I began feeling all those different kinds of fears I use to have and to be frank the one’s I’m dealing with even today. I decided to keep on reading to see how Mr. T. was going with this four letter word that I feel and know has keep me from doing things in life I wanted to do whether good or bad. So as I continued reading he says it is clear, then that this fear, (Protecting) which served originally as a safety device, a kind of protective mechanism for the weak, finally becomes death for the self. I myself have been in that protecting fear mood, I have this feeling inside of me that if I see someone being taking advantage

Another cause for people having fear is the past experiences they have had. Generally, if something bad has happened to somebody, they try to forget about it and/or they try to make sure it never happens again. However, in doing so, they still have a subconscious fear that something similar to the terrible event they’ve experienced may somehow manage to happen again, especially if there are a few similarities between the past event and the current situation. For example, if a man had surgery for his heart to perform better and he nearly died, he may be very reluctant to ever have surgery to his heart or any other body part(s) again.

Fear is a feeling induced by experience, perceived danger, or watching a frightening traumatic accident. The fear responses arise from the perception of danger and ultimately a change in behaviour, such as fleeing, or hiding or from perceived traumatic events. Every person has fears and different fears may be different adaptations that have been useful in our evolutionary past. I have fears too, and sometime, I feel embarrassed to intersperse my fear with others.

Everyone has a fear. Whether your fear is rational, for example being afraid of spiders or heights or whether it is an irrational fear like being afraid of subway gates or cotton balls. My two fears are of clowns which is called coulrophobia and of death which is called Thanatophobia.

Fears and phobias are misinterpreted daily. “A fear is not considered a phobia until it causes distress or causes problems in life”. Fear is meant to keep from harm. Many have anxiety about things that they are uncomfortable with. It triggers intense reactions and constantly interferes with the ability to function daily, it is a problem (Patterson 58). Fears and phobias may seem alike, but they are very different.

For instance someone getting arrested their fear would be how long they’re going to be arrested for. Perhaps a student was misbehaving and the teacher calls home. That student who wasn’t fearful while misbehaving now has the fear of knowing his/her parent is going to put them on punishment. Sometimes we don’t even know we fear something until we see the end results. I believe that happens most individuals we show no signs of worry until the very end. For instance we could do a survey on how many individuals would fear what’s going to happen a couple years from now. Most would probably say oh I don’t fear such and such happening because if it never happened before why would if happen then. While others would perhaps say they’ll fear what’s going to happen because life has a lot of surprises.

Phobias of every kind almost limit the productive life of an individual life upto a great extent. Even just imagining in their mind the object of fear arose an anxiety in them. However when they are actually exposed to the object of fear, the excessive fear and terror is automatic and overwhelming.