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Fear a feeling when normal faculties get damped, and a sense of helplessness develops. It would be interesting to take a close look at what fear . To understand it, let us take an example. A boy afraid of a dog because once a neighbour's dog bounced at him, and from then on, he a fear of dogs. In this case, fear because of the personal damage the dog may cause by biting. So the fear got a good aspect about it. But for fear, many things in society would not changed; for instance, fear of punishment makes people law-abiding-. Fear of falling sick makes people take care of health and food. Fear of losing a promotion and even losing the job makes an employee loyal, faithful and so on. Fear of death and beyond generally make people pious and God-fearing-. So, in general, fear essential for preservation.

Fear, when it persists, becomes a fear complex. When there a legitimate reason, it good to fear. But once it developed into a complex, fear there even when there no cause for it. For instance, for an employee, fear of dismissed may developed to such an extent that the former may shake in his shoes when his boss calls him for ordinary business.

As it , fear not there in us when we children. Fear grows with us as we grow. Elders bring in fear to control sights. Fear of people, of animals all, develop because of circumstances. Children in a city rarely dare to get into the waters of a lake or river or the sea because they literally bathroom bred. Many instances could be cited.

In my case, I am afraid of losing my rank in the class. I standing first in the class for some years, so I look upon any rival with jealously. After taking every examination, I used to exercise my mind about whether I would get the first rank. This developed into a complex that I am afraid of the outcome every time the results announced.

I want to overcome some of these fears, but they stick on to me like a pitch.

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