HAVE NO FEAR, THE PIMPIN’ IS HERE – RB’s Spring 2012 Focus & Objectives
|Fear
Fear is a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. In short, fear is the ability to recognize danger leading to an urge to confront it or flee from it (also known as the fight-or-flight response) but in extreme cases of fear (terror) a freeze or paralysis response is possible. Some psychologists such as John B. Watson, Robert Plutchik, and Paul Ekman have suggested that fear belongs to a small set of basic or innate emotions. This set also includes such emotions as joy, sadness, and anger. Fear should be distinguished from the related emotional state of anxiety, which typically occurs without any certain or immediate external threat.
Additionally, fear is frequently related to the specific behaviors of escape and avoidance, whereas anxiety is the result of threats which are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable.[1] It is worth noting that fear almost always relates to future events, such as worsening of a situation, or continuation of a situation that is unacceptable. Fear can also be an instant reaction to something presently happening. All people have an instinctual response to potential danger. This emotion is described as fear and is inherent in all people.[2] Fear, whatever its source, can become a controlling factor in a person’s life.[3] Fear can channel one’s energies away from areas of perceived threats and into directions that seem safe.
Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear
Congratulations!
We have reached the official beginning of Spring 2012 intact, so lets be grateful.
For those interested in such matters, research has shown that in order to roll and sustain on a
“big dog” level of status, it requires that one be willing and able to tackle and resolve the tough and important issues that are common to humanity, and out of all that I could find to concentrate efforts on, it interestingly enough shows up in the form of this one simple word that is said to be the root cause of 90% or more of the issues and dilemmas that human beings as individuals and as a collective society are experiencing and in need of relief from.
With that said, I will use this day a a starting point and begin to tie all of my efforts into the cause of helping individuals to overcome and manage fear, and the wikipedia definition introduction listed above gives us enough to begin with and work on for perhaps the rest of the entire year and for some, perhaps a whole entire lifetime.
None the less, if I am away and you are looking to find me, the place that I can be found is here, focusing on ways to help others with the old fashioned yet still extremely relevant concept and human emotion known as fear, which like all else may simply be dealt with by the consideration of a different perspective.