What do you do in the darkness when the loneliness comes? When there's nothing in-between you and your greatest fears? When sleep won't find you no matter how weary you are? I still don't know
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Yes, I imagine that phobias are, at some level, annoying. Yet, I also think that, at another level, they are very clarifying, showing us something about ourselves and others. Indeed, those that conquer phobias are truly the strongest of people.
Fear itself, eh?fauken_arkaniaJanuary 6 2004, 09:36:54 UTC
Now we're talking about some strong stuff. The real question may be why do we fear what has already happened and remains as memory or what hasn't happened, but is a possibility. Maybe it is to learn and avoid or take care of it or prevent it. I don't fear death and I hope that my last emotion is not fear. There is not much that I really am afraid of. I have my small phobias, but they are usually easy to compete with. It is easiest to be strong when you are with someone. And fearing the inevitable may help to prepare for it. Deep theories with no sure answer, but it is an emotion and most likely a necessary one.
Re: Fear itself, eh?aetigaeJanuary 7 2004, 14:32:57 UTC
Well, I believe that, psychologically, fear is explained as a defense mechanism: It's purpose is to keep us from unduly damaging ourselves either mentally, emotionally or physically. I suppose that the reason we fear things that have happened before is so we can prevent them from happening again, and we fear things that might happen in the future to prevent them from happening at all. However, the pitfall is not within fear, but how we apply it and react to it. Those who use fear as a tool to further their own ends, either by causing it in others or succuming to their own, are violating fear's purpose: to protect. Using fear in such a fashion in harmful, not helpful, and we must be very cautious of those who act in the name of fear, or those who live constantly within it's grasp.
Re: Fear itself, eh?aetigaeJanuary 8 2004, 09:36:05 UTC
Well, of course, there's that. I mean, why do we go on rollercoasters? 'Cause they get our hearts racing. Why do we indulge in practically insane acts for fun? (Skydiving, kamakaze street racing, etc.) Because we're indulging in the excitment of fear. If you think about it, our early ancestors must have known fear almost daily and revelled in it. The fear of weather and terrible beast, the thrill of challenging these elements and surviving another day. These are the conditions under which man evolved. So why wouldn't we seek fear? It makes things much more interesting.
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