Overcoming fear? Well… What are you afraid of?

Have you ever thought about living your life without fear?
Do you think it could be possible?

I mean… NO fear, ok… so when a fight breaks, you will not run away. When Poltergeist starts knocking plates and furniture on your home’s walls you will wait until you finish your cigarette, put it out carefully and walk into the next room where it happens to be more quiet. 🙂

Well, I don’t know… maybe. But fear is far more complex than just an on/off switch.

Fear gives birth to different reactions:

• running away to avoid the danger;
• inhibition;
• absence of adequate avoidance behavior which leads to paralysis and aggression;

E. Morin

“The human being can overcome many types of fear because he has a lot of antidotes.”

Take the plane for example. Fear of flying can be diminished by realizing that all passengers aboard the plane are calm and don’t worry about taking off or being in the air. Plus hearing the captain speaking could add to the “under control” awareness that you can reach to by yourself.

Another way to make fear disappear is solidarity: from the pair of lovers who help each other to the kind groups you can hang out with.

Now… basically we all felt fear in our lives. Everybody knows the feeling. Who enjoys being afraid? Nobody…

That’s why the modern society is practically installing fears to control and manipulate its individuals, knowing that overcoming fears is poorly handled by some. Sad… but true!

Modern fears also manifest through the culture of horror, the invention of terrorizing (and hypnotizing) figures, which in real life would bring terrifying feelings.

To play with fear is also a method of exorcizing it.

The optimistic solution for overcoming fears offered by Edgar Morin consists of re-knotting social connections. But how?

He says that mechanic links should be abandoned and organic links should be embraced. In other words the value of a human being should be reconsidered, reanalyzed. We should come together to help each other overcome life’s difficulties. What do you think?