Week 3 Chapter 6 DQ2

Running Head : FEAR AND ANXIETY

Fear and Anxiety

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Fear and Anxiety

Overwhelming majority of us is very well familiar with the feelings of fear and anxiety . It is hardly possible to find someone who does not experience anxiety before important examinations or negotiations . We usually feel anxiety before delivering a speech for the audience , before making a final decision about leaving the job or when we are at the risk of losing something valuable and important . Anxiety is a feeling that can be

associated with some worry , concern , uncertainty , self-doubt discomfort , restlessness , as well as expectations of something unpredictable

However , fear is much stronger emotion , and we can experience fear when we are confronted with the objects or situations that are life-threatening . For example , fear usually falls upon us when have to face a snake or an angry wild animal standing right front of us , or when someone we love a lot is in any sort of serious danger . From some perspective , fear and anxiety are quite similar feelings , because they both represent our reaction on danger and uncertainty , and both can cause panic . If both of these feelings become chronic , they can cause mental diss and other serious negative consequences . However , there is a great deal of differences between them

First of all , fear is a basic emotion that is universal , and the majority of people can experience fear in similar situations . At the same time , the emotion of anxiety is more individual and has more diffused causes . Another important difference is the fact that human fear , as a momentary reaction of alarm , usually mobilizes the person and stimulates for an immediate action (escape , hide , etc . Anxiety is an emotion that is more oriented on the future and anticipation of something . That is why it rarely evokes a desire for some instant activities or reactions . Finally , some specialists in modern psychology point on another interesting difference between anxiety and fear . Human fear is always caused by a specific object , but anxiety may not always be a subjective feeling

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