Sunday, October 30, 2011

The concept of fear

Fear. The sense of what I would like to call, 'survival instincts gone rogue'. It is a type of emotion which creates a stressful phenomenon to the human body, either compelling it to avoid encountering said fear, or to repel it convulsively with said fear. Usually, fear is a good thing - it is the body's way of telling when to avoid dangerous things from occurring, and keep the human body breathing - or surviving, however you want to coin it - in life-or-death situations. A good dose of fear ensures that the person is at the very least aware of the dangers ahead. The body sense gets heightened, the adrenaline is pumping...

Fear is basically human survival instincts. However, in some cases, fear can go rogue - a traumatizing or profound experience can leave an imprint on the person's psyche and/or body, which can cause a loss of control of the limbs or mindset, depending on how deep the experience goes. For this kind of fear, I will name it physical fear, for simplicity's sake.

Often, physical fear is developed at an early age of childhood, especially before the mind is properly developed. A bite from a dog, drowning at an early age, heights, syringe shots...such fear is most likely the result of some intense experience in which it leaves a lasting impact on the person's psyche or body itself. And when there is anything that is closely associated with their fears, the body remembers, or the mind replays the scenery in a darker tone or atmosphere...so on and so forth.

There is another kind of fear I would like to call it as mental fear. Mental fear is a bit less dramatic than the physical, but can become a physical/mental ailment to the person's body depending on their first-impression. Mental fear is performing things in which the person is uncomfortable with - and is usually seen in social events sometimes. Taken out of their comfort zone, the person is brought into an unknown situation in which they cannot dictate - like a speech, dance, etc, and they find themselves avoiding said action if their overall impression with it is negative. These can be remedied often early on - but still, it can degenerate into the more problematic physical fear if left alone for years on end.

In the end, fear is something which makes us human. It is encoded into the very aspects of our lives, and helps ensure that at the very least, we are aware of the dangers ahead and alerted enough to make a good decision.

As for the fear which I shall be presenting for the fear presentation...
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It's a secret. But I'm pretty sure that at the very least, the audience will either be unnerved, or cringe with a repulsive attitude. Some may even find it frightening, if there are others like me. Unfortunately, since my own fear prevents me from maximizing the possibility of scaring the audience...
We shall see how it actually goes, with my own restrictions in play added to this.

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