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Fear - Myth or Nature?

by eurekapsycrille
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    My opinion is that I have no clue what you are asking. Are you asking if fear is a myth or nature? It's instinct - if that tells you.

    Are you asking if we are afraid more of myths or nature? When a myth causes mass blood shed it may become scary.

    So exactly - what are you asking?
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  • Profile picture of the author pilatospoonfork
    Maybe he is asking if fear is a myth or is it a nature...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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    Some fear is "automatic." (Like the fear when public speaking.) And, other fears like being afraid of spiders.

    However it's been said that something like 90% of what we worry about never happens. And in that sense, many fears are "myths." (Because they never happen.)
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      Some fear is "automatic." (Like the fear when public speaking.) And, other fears like being afraid of spiders.

      However it's been said that something like 90% of what we worry about never happens. And in that sense, many fears are "myths." (Because they never happen.)
      The fear is not a myth - it's there. It's the results that don't play out according to the fear.

      The fear, no matter of what is instinctual. If someone is taught (or programmed) that something will give them a negative result, they will eventually actually have chemical reactions when faced with what they have been ingrained to think of as a negative (read: dangerous) situation. Fear of something actually becomes biologically programmed - so it's ALL instinctual. You can reverse this programming. By positively reinforcing the dreaded thing or situation so that the person can see that the fear doesn't play out in the real world, they will stop producing chemicals that kick in the "flee" instinct.

      That's what NLP is. It reverses physical reactions to situations that someone was taught to fear. Well meaning controlling family members often accidentally program their kids against success, for instance. They reinforce negatively instead of reinforcing positively and screw their kids worlds for the long run by making them produce a fear reaction every time they sense an opportunity.

      There is no MYTH about fear.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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        Some fears are “myths” in that while a person experiences “fear” the thing they feared didn't happen.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      Some fear is “automatic.” (Like the fear when public speaking.) And, other fears like being afraid of spiders.

      However it's been said that something like 90% of what we worry about never happens. And in that sense, many fears are “myths.” (Because they never happen.)
      The fear is not a myth - it's there. It's the results that don't play out according to the fear.

      The fear, no matter of what is instinctual. If someone is taught (or programmed) that something will give them a negative result, they will eventually actually have chemical reactions when faced with what they have been ingrained to think of as a negative (read: dangerous) situation. Fear of something actually becomes biologically programmed - so it's ALL instinctual. You can reverse this programming. By positively reinforcing the dreaded thing or situation so that the person can see that the fear doesn't play out in the real world, they will stop producing chemicals that kick in the "flee" instinct.

      That's what NLP is. It reverses physical reactions to situations that someone was taught to fear. Well meaning controlling family members often accidentally program their kids against success, for instance. They reinforce negatively instead of reinforcing positively and screw their kids worlds for the long run by making them produce a fear reaction every time they sense an opportunity.

      There is no MYTH about fear. The myth is the results the person sees the item feared producing. Unfortunately - people can also become programmed to not fear things they should be scared crapless of - and that can have some wicked results, too.
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    I have watched the movie Ice Age 2 and I heard Diego(lion) said that fear is only for prey.....
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