How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Florence Nightingale
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Fear freezes humanity. What can you do if you are afraid? Once a fear it is overcome, it is easy to look back and mock the fear. Have you ever wanted to climb a tree, but you were afraid to fall? You cannot simply look past this fear and climb up. The fear prevents you from doing what you want. It plays out scenarios in your mind that exaggerate the consequences of your actions.
The tree might just be ten feet tall, but fear makes you believe that you have 100 feet to fall. The more you think about it, the greater the exaggeration becomes. 100 feet turn into 1000, and soon you are thinking that a bottom-less pit awaits you.
If you are lucky, you might have some friends around you. If these friends are encouraging and supportive, they might be able to convince you that climbing a tree will not be the last thing you do. Usually assurance that they will be there to catch you does the trick.
Maybe, just maybe, you are overcome by bravery. You dare to climb that ten foot tree!
You climb, and realize that you had nothing to fear. Your friends are there, and the tree is only ten feet tall, not 100 or 1000, and there is no bottom-less pit at the end.
Once you are safely back on the ground, you have the opportunity to reflect on the experience. You laugh at your fear. Yet, that fear managed to control your mind.
This situation is one where the risk is small, therefore (I believe), the fear is easier to overcome. This is not always the case. The risk might be greater, even death, and the fear is all the more terrifying. These are dangerous situations, as humans often resort to actions they would never think of in their right minds. They cannot express their true feelings under the control of fear. I believe WWII Germany is a perfect example of the power fear has over individuals. "Very little can be done" when fear rules the mind.
Fear freezes humanity, but once it is overcome, a world of possibility awaits.
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Florence Nightingale
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Fear freezes humanity. What can you do if you are afraid? Once a fear it is overcome, it is easy to look back and mock the fear. Have you ever wanted to climb a tree, but you were afraid to fall? You cannot simply look past this fear and climb up. The fear prevents you from doing what you want. It plays out scenarios in your mind that exaggerate the consequences of your actions.
The tree might just be ten feet tall, but fear makes you believe that you have 100 feet to fall. The more you think about it, the greater the exaggeration becomes. 100 feet turn into 1000, and soon you are thinking that a bottom-less pit awaits you.
If you are lucky, you might have some friends around you. If these friends are encouraging and supportive, they might be able to convince you that climbing a tree will not be the last thing you do. Usually assurance that they will be there to catch you does the trick.
Maybe, just maybe, you are overcome by bravery. You dare to climb that ten foot tree!
You climb, and realize that you had nothing to fear. Your friends are there, and the tree is only ten feet tall, not 100 or 1000, and there is no bottom-less pit at the end.
Once you are safely back on the ground, you have the opportunity to reflect on the experience. You laugh at your fear. Yet, that fear managed to control your mind.
This situation is one where the risk is small, therefore (I believe), the fear is easier to overcome. This is not always the case. The risk might be greater, even death, and the fear is all the more terrifying. These are dangerous situations, as humans often resort to actions they would never think of in their right minds. They cannot express their true feelings under the control of fear. I believe WWII Germany is a perfect example of the power fear has over individuals. "Very little can be done" when fear rules the mind.
Fear freezes humanity, but once it is overcome, a world of possibility awaits.
Word count: 374
I really like this topic and the fact that you use a concrete example. I would love to see you tackle the fact that few people seem to overcome their fears and the impact that has on humanity as a whole. It seems like we act in hatred when we fear something. Why are those two emotions so closely linked, or is it not really hatred but just the emotion of fear?
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