What is fear? FEAR is just another four letter word! It can function as a noun (subject or object) or a verb (action word) in a sentence. Fear is a feeling, an emotion, a thought, a sight, a sound, a thing, nothing, someone or no one. Fear is what we define it to be.
What do people fear most?
F - Failure, Full of Pain, Famine, Face of death, Face judgement, unknown Future
E - Embarassment, Errors, Elimination, Emancipation, not Enough
A - inAdequacy, inAction, inAbility, Accountability
R - Rejection, Responsibility, Reality, Renants of the past, Reduced,
S - Self, Suffering, Stress, inSecurity, inSignificance
Why are people fearful?
Failure Eliminates Anticipated Rewards.
Feeling Empty, Angry & Resentment.
Fear Elicits Anxiety, Rejection, Failure & Unacceptable Loss
What are the symptoms of fear?
F - Frightened, unFocused, Forceful, deFensive, oFFensive
E - Emotional breakdown,
A - Afraid, misplaced Anger, Anxious, Alarmed
R - Regretful, teRRified, iRRitable
How can a four letter word translate to a powerful action word, instead of a deadening, show stopper?
F - Faith, change of Focus, Freedom, Family & Friends, Full of Gratitude E - Enjoyment, Education
A - Attitude Adjustment, Appreciation, Acknowledgement, Acceptance, Accountability
R - Reasonableness, Reality check, Recognition
L - LOVE, Life, Laughter, Lord Jesus Christ
E - God's promise of Eternal life
S - Spitituality, in Spirit, God's promise of Salvation
S - Self-confidence, Self-assurance, Self-aknowing
How do I conquer fear?
FACE fear by pushing FORWARD towards it! END the cycle!
ALLOW the feeling to take place but not to overcome me, then RELEASE it!
--"F" is for FILIPINA (Fair, Fearless and Factual 
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What do other people say about fear?
"Fuck Everything And Run!" --STEPHEN KING, Bag Of Bones
"False Evidence Appearing Real" - WAYNE DYER, Inspiration
"Fear is a action signal. Fearful emotions include everything from low levels of concern and apprehension to intense worry, anxiety, fright, and even terror. Fear serves a purpose, and its message is simple. Fear is simply the anticipation that something that's going to happen soon needs to ber prepared for." --TONY ROBBINS, Awaken the Giant Within
"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." --NELSON MANDELA, Autobiography
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." --FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
"The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear." --EDMUND BURKE, speech on conciliation with America
"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear." --EDMUND BURKE, On the Sublime and Beautiful
"Fear is the enemy of logic." FRANK SINATRA, quoted in The Way You Wear Your Hat
"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." --YODA, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his sounds, And drives away his fear." --JOHN NEWTON, Olney Hymns
"Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." --BIBLE, Ecclesiastes 12:13
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." --H.P. LOVECRAFT, Supernatural Horror in Literature
"If there is one thing which I would banish from the earth it is fear." --HENRY FORD, Theosophist Magazine, Feb. 1930
"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground." --MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, Don Quixote
"Fear is only as deep as the mind allows" --JAPANESE PROVERB
"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." --BABE RUTH
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie
"Fear follows crime, and is its punishment." --VOLTAIRE
"Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free." --Shawshank Redemption
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." -- Dale Carnegie
How does the dictionary define fear?
Etymology: Middle English fer, from Old English f[AE]r sudden danger; akin to Old High German fAra ambush and perhaps to Latin periculum attempt, peril, Greek peiran to attempt
1 a : an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger b (1) : an instance of this emotion (2) : a state marked by this emotion
2 : anxious concern : SOLICITUDE
3 : profound reverence and awe especially toward God
4 : reason for alarm : DANGER
Synonyms: FEAR, DREAD, FRIGHT, ALARM, PANIC, TERROR, TREPIDATION mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger. FEAR is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage <fear of the unknown>. DREAD usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety
Text: the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger
Related Words: phobia; creeps, jitters, nervousness, willies; pang, qualm, twinge; agitation, discomposure, disquiet, perturbation; concern, dismay, worry; cowardice, faintheartedness, timidity, timorousness
Near Antonyms: aplomb, assurance, boldness, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence; courage, dauntlessness, fearlessness, fortitude
How would you define fear?
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