A World Consumed By Fear
Fear is a constant temptation in this life. Fear is a feeling or emotion that we must address and confront on a regular basis. Fear travels the globe and traps human minds at times like a slowly spreading flame that can grow into a powerful and destructive wildfire. Fear can emotionally paralyze humans, cloud judgement and divert the best plans of mankind. Fear can also be life saving when it stops those scared of heights from plummeting off the edge of the Grand Canyon. Fear of failure can push students forward into success on their projects and studies for school. Fear appears in many different forms, however, fear is a word that unites humanity as we all feel it and are familiar with it.
What is fear? The origin of the word fear comes from the Old English words fear and faeran. These words originated over six-hundred years ago and meant the same thing as they do now. The word fear is defined as “A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.” (Oxford) Fear can also be “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.” (Google) However, before the word fear came to be the feeling of terror
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They become so afraid of their fear that they won't even try to overcome it. Fear isn't the same thing as giving up or not willing to try something. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by something from the past. Almost no fear comes out of the blue they are always caused by something. Fearing fear is one of the most common fears to have. Something scares someone once and then anything connected with that is then terrifying. This is seen in the fear of rollercoasters. One rollercoaster was scary so now every coaster is scary, even though they are all different. Way too often this happens and it restricts us from living our