The Science of Fear, and What Fear Actually is

Every thought that we think releases correlating chemistry in our bodies. Whether its thoughts of love, or thoughts of fear. For example, feelings of love or happiness will release hormones such as oxytocin and serotonin; and thoughts of fear will produce epinephrine and cortisol. Fear in of itself is not bad, it’s actually quite an important tool. It’s more about how we manage the fear. How do we use fear as an asset and to better associate with it?

The Power of Self Awareness

Increasing your self awareness will improve your situational awareness. Also, being able to critical think will improve awareness. An example would be knowing whether or not it’s a real fear, or made up. Listening to your inner guidance will help you know how to respond.

Practice Courage

Practice courage by putting yourself in challenging situations. The more obstacles you overcome, the more you build the muscle. Focusing on the small wins you get will allow you to do the bigger things.

Fear and Control

Under fear or stress, the blood vessels of our prefrontal cortex (responsible for cognition) get shut, and the blood goes to the amygdala which is the part of the brain responsible for fight or flight. When this happens you become less intelligent and reactive. The so called powers that be know this very well and use it as a control tactic to pay attention, or do what they say.

We Tend to Fear What We Don’t Understand

If you are presented with a topic, you are much more likely to be fearful of it if you don’t know anything about it. If we take time to understand it and break it down, the fear will be much less because we know what were dealing with.