Causes Of Fear Essay

Fear is the one emotion that can take something so good and poison it. As humans, we are afraid of anything that is unknown to us. When we have the choice between the tunnel that has a light in it and the tunnel that’s completely dark, we choose the one with the light. Fear can be defined by an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is going to hurt us in some way. However, to me, fear is a lifestyle, an addiction, and an excuse. To be fearful is a way of life, it’s a lifestyle that some choose to spend their life following. This lifestyle begins at an early age, such as when a little boy is scared to jump over the puddle so the parents carry him across. Or when that same boy gets to be a little older and runs out of the room because a scary movie is on. Parents can accidently instill a fear for all things in their children without even trying to and when their children grow up that fear that is within them will take over their lives. Fear as an adult can be good at times but to have a fearful lifestyle as an adult is detrimental. It causes …show more content…
At the base of these addictions is typically drugs, alcohol, or pornography but we never hear about the addiction to fear. The addiction to fear is a real issue that many people face in their lives. It is caused by the hormones that are released and produced by fear, in the brain. Fear overwhelms the body causing us to react in a way we normally would not. It eats us alive from the inside out as it works away at our brain and our lives. People can actually be addicted to feeding this fear, leaving them hopeless when it comes to daily life. Curt Rosengren, a blogger, advises those addicted to feeding fear to put your fear on a diet. We determine what our outlook on life looks like and we determine what our mindset is. We can choose to live a life of fear or a life of possibility; it 's all up to