The principle of life is: When the world influences you, it creates a positive or negative scar. This scar is the after effect of a joyful experience or something unpleasant. The latter is something that is often turned into a fear of the subject of activity. Fear, however unnoticeable, is always present in one’s decision making process and will be forever considered the most influential factor in the outcome of your resolution. Even a positive ramification can leave fear in your subconscious. To justify this we must look at the definition of fear and, furthermore, how and when it will affect you and those around you.

The definition of fear as a psychological tendency occurring in the subconscious is: An emotion under the constant pressure of a possible perceived negative outcome. In our heads we are always considering the outcome of future situations, but because of this, fear is always under consideration in all events, past present, and future. Under these situations we cannot remove fear from our life-cycle, however, we can determine when and how much impact fear has on our lives.

If we understand that fear is always affecting our lives then the next step is to ascertain when fear is most noticeably affecting the outcome. The obvious answers to these questions are the most important aspects to consider as these are also the most consciously affecting yourself. Considering that, ask the question, “What am I afraid of?” Consider childhood fears, as often these are never forgotten - fears of others around you, common fears, and possibilities that motivate you to change course or direction. Some simple examples that most everyone on earth has are: Death (possibly the most common of all), lack of job, dependency, singularity, disapproval, social interaction, heights, certain animals, and many more. Then consider how these fears have affected the outcome of some situations. Maybe you didn’t talk to a notable person because of fear of disapproval; you became too infused with work because of fear of losing the job; didn’t go on top of the Eiffel Tower because of a fear of heights. These are the most noticeable times when fears change your outcome. Many times this is happening in your conscious decisions. Depending on how these fears have influenced you, you may have had a worse or better experience than others, but everyone is constantly affected by fear.

Furthermore, we have to understand where fear comes from. We acquire fear from the past, in previous post I talked about external awareness and how the external world has affected you. Fear is simply the negative product of an event in your past. Depending on the events in which you partook, your fears might be different than others, If the mind works in a binary orderly system, then all events are processed with a positive or negative ranking. If all positive influences make similar future events more desirable then the opposite could be said with fear. All events similar to a negatively ranked previous event are then considered displeasurable until overwritten. From the point of being classified as either negative or positive, the mind is then reevaluating the event for further information determining the severity of the event. Obviously, the more severe events are considered to be the most influential events to be considered in future decision making. The other thought to consider is the number of times the event was recreated and also the transparency of the event. For instance, as a child you were scolded for not fulfilling chores and orders, then you might attribute failure as a negative perception, which is very common in all people. When this event is repeated a number of times, as often it is, you assume in life being a failure or incompetent is dissenting. As for the transparency, fear of failure is a very universal thing. You can fail in school, in a career, in socialization, in an activity, and almost any event you can succeed in. Because of this you will attribute the fear of failure to a multitude of actions which will lead to a limited possible outcome in the future. Thus your use of fear can be determined by an events quota and its transparency.

When you make a decision on you are analyzing the possibilities of an outcome. You look at the amount of pleasure you will achieve from completing the activity successfully, the difficulty of the task, amount of time it will take to complete, and lastly the analysis of fear attributed to the event. Depending on the situation fear can be the static fear from the past, this is the most influential fear, but also the variable action of the present. This meaning all other possibilities that could be in conjunction with the current consideration. You may need to go to a board meeting but by doing so you will miss you son’s track meet, which would be considered a failure by both your son and wife. However, if you go to the track meet you would miss the board meeting which could result in the loss of your job. These observations are constantly going on in your mind while you predict the future outcome. How you respond to each event is by calculating the risk you may take to complete an event, minus the benefit you will receive. In the case of multiple events you would take the same calculation and compare it the other event.

If we cannot eliminate fear, then how do we control the unwanted effects. In some cases like the track meet, you will be presented a problem where you have no choice but to decide what task has the least amount of negative side effect. It is human nature to cause the least amount of disorder to the system (reference), thus we must continue to balance some aspects of our life through fear. However, in singular events and ones were the choice is to be or not to be, you have a control on how you handle your fear. If we consider fear to be based of a conception of an event then by placing a value of zero on the conception we eliminate fear. However, the conscious does not work in numbers; thus, we must control our fear through the understanding of how, why, and when we fear affect us. Through this post we have learned the premise of how and why; when we discussed, but the exact time is a product of an individual. You must become self aware enough to understand when you use fear based on the understanding of your past influences. Practice recognizing situations that you fear and analyzing them until you can comprehend the root of the negative experience. Notice when you are in the present and fear is limiting your actions, attack the situation with an ability to put the fear in context to what you really want. Finally to rewrite fear you have to repeat the task until a positive effect is created and you overwrite any negative repercussions. The key in these drills, like so many things in life, is the be self aware of the times you are using fear to manipulate an outcome. By being self aware you know when and how you are using fear which then gives you the ability to analyze the situation. Other tips I recommend for trying to discover when fear is affecting you: Ask yourself, “How is fear limiting me?” Look in areas such as your daily routine, your perception of the future, and the unnatural - meaning all things different from your daily routine.

As before, fear is the most noticeable influential factor in your decision making.(Here again, you are making a somewhat unsupported assumption as to fear being the MOST influential factor.) It will affect the outcome of small and large events. While your subconscious is evaluating possibilities and outcomes fear can lead to the over analysis in a positive way, but also in a very negative, limiting way. You life is shortened in prosperity by the constant pressure of fear and as more actions become attributed to fear you decrease on the possibilities of happiness. I cannot over emphasize the importance of understanding the principles of fear and how it will affect you, but only inform through guides ways to recognize fear. Luckily, fear is a universally recognized emotion and everyone is aware of some situations where fear is affecting them. However, there is an infinite amount of decisions based on your personal fear and also a substantial amount of disregard to the understanding of fear and how much influence it plays in the outcome of your life. We will never be able to rid the world of fear, but, in a totally self aware society, our minds would be bound by no undesirable, manipulative, and limiting process called fear.

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