Feeling of fear

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The feeling of fear is the experience of the terrible, the inner vision of the terrible. Fear is when you understand everything with your head, you want to do it right, but inside everything shrinks and you say and do everything wrong. This is fear.

More precisely, it is not fear, but a feeling of fear. The feeling of fear and fear (terrible) are different things, although they are often confused. It is possible to react reasonably, actively, without fear to the terrible. At the same time, you can be afraid of what is not scary at all.

The meaning of fear

If there is danger nearby, you need to either hide (freeze) or drape (run away). And you need a blow with an unpleasant sensation so that now all this happens instantly, and in the future in order to avoid such situations. Plus, the functional restructuring of the body under superloads and the possibility of wounds. Well, pay attention only to what can be a danger.

A frightened appearance is accompanied by an improvement in peripheral vision, an increase in the frequency of movement of the eyelids and breathing — all this allows a person to react faster to danger.

All this together is fear. Briefly — a storm in the body, paralysis (freezing) of the will, a desire to hide or run away.

The structure of fear

Women in a sense of fear usually notice a feeling: the experience of fear, men in fear more often see behavior: paralysis of the body, a desire to hide or run away. Both are right, because fear, as an inner feeling, has a complex structure. This is an experience, and an emotional expression of this experience, and a body pattern, and a special perception of what is happening, and a special algorithm of internal behavior. Naturally, and a special functional state of the whole organism. See →

Fears and anxiety in human life

The experience of fear can be attractive for both children and adults, both in a game and in a serious version. Pay attention to their fears and tend to experience them — mostly women. Fear is a useful clue, not a guide to action. Taking into account fear is reasonable, being guided by fear is dangerous. What to do when scared? How to overcome fear? See →

Fear and anxiety in practical psychology

Fear can be formed, fear can be removed. How to work with fears? See →