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    In the poem “My Fear” by Lawrence Raab is expressing many different thoughts on his fear and experiences he have had. The poem talks about many different ways that fear can interfere and follow you as you go about your life. There have been times where I have experience fear and it hindered me from doing many different things. Fear can play a big role in many things and you have to be that person that has to be that bigger person and say you can overcome your fear by doing whatever it is that you

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    Beowulf. "Nowhere on Earth had Grendel met a man whose hands were harder". Frozen in shock‚ Grendel’s sense was delayed. Once he realized the situation he was in‚ "His mind flooded with fear". The horrible monster was crazy in his struggle for control. Never had Grendel shown such fear‚ had he ever known such fear. Grendel wished for "nothing more but to escape". Resisting the beast-among-men with every ounce of strength and determination in his immensely powerful body‚ but to no usefulness. Grendel

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    Ablutophobia The Fear of Washing or Bathing Ablutophobia‚ defined as the fear of washing‚ bathing and cleaning is an intense fear that poses no or little danger. Just thinking about bathing could cause a number of symptoms such as: breathlessness‚ dizziness‚ excessive sweating‚ nausea‚ dry mouth‚ feeling sick‚ shaking‚ heart palpitations‚ inability to speak or think clearly‚ a fear of dying‚ becoming mad or losing control‚ a sensation of detachment from reality or even an anxiety attack. Most

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    Many people live their lives in a constant state of fear. Some people are afraid of being alone or alienated‚ while others are afraid of social interactions and other people. When one lives in a state of fear‚ it can have debilitating consequences. It can lead to insecurity and in extreme cases‚ mental breakdowns. Fear plays an important roll in J.D. Salinger’s fictional coming-of-age novel The Catcher in the Rye. Fear is demonstrated through the actions of protagonist Holden Caulfield‚ he is afraid

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    Why do we fear of death The fear of death and dying isn’t uncommon. Most of us fear death to some degree. There is some evidence‚ however‚ that a "good death" is more difficult to achieve when death is feared -- an important reason to try to face the fear and perhaps overcome it. Fear of death is so common that it has spurred multiple research projects and intrigued everyone from scholars to thanatologists to religious leaders around the world. Some interesting findings have emerged from studying

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    Why do we Fear Death? Why do we Fear Death? Many of us fear death to some degree at some point of our lives. To some it’s as early as teenage years‚ and to others‚ it’s later in their mid 30’s. We as individuals see fear and death at different levels. Before I get in detail‚ lets first define death and fear‚ then we can see how they are correlated. According to Merriam-Webster‚ fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ or

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    handling poisonous snakes. We would be hanging out with people who have tuberculosis. In humans and in all animals‚ the purpose of fear is to promote survival. In the course of human evolution‚ the people who feared the right things survived to pass on their genes. In passing on their genes the trait of fear and the response to it were selected as beneficial to the race. Fear acts as a guide for us to know and stay away from dangerousness situations thus saving your life and increasing your chance of

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    “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Woody Allen said this regarding fear and i completely agree with this quote because no matter how much you face your fears‚ there will always be something that will frighten you. As a child‚ my parents would baby me and i never felt any harm until they decided that i was growing up the wrong way and that if they continued to raise me the way they were‚ i would grow up to be a spoiled kid with no life experiences. So they immediately

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    ’self-aware’ conscious fear. This is because the most limiting fears of all are the sub-conscious ones. Most of my professional work has been in creating programs where people are provided the circumstances and are placed in an environment so that can experience‚ engage and overcome an irrational fear Yet‚ is it an "irrational fear" to be concerned and afraid of being killed or severely wounded in an actual military combat situation? No‚ it is not; in combat this is a rational fear. But the larger

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    The Culture of Fear In "The Culture of Fear" by Barry Glassner‚ he describes how it is our perception that dangers have increased more than they actually are. Glassner states about the prices we have to pay for our panics‚ as well as the time and energy we spend worrying about the dangers. He also explains all throughout this book how organizations and people use the populations fears as a way to make more money. The Americans are afraid of everything because the media’s broadcasting of crime

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