Is Fear Ever a Good Thing?

Everyone wants to overcome fear. But is fear ever something to embrace rather than reject? Nathan Clarkson and Joseph Holmes discuss in their latest episode - the first of scary thinking month.

Links to referenced resources:

Fear Definition:

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fear

 

Fear is one of our most powerful emotions:

 

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/face-fear

 

Rise in anxiety: 

 

https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/news-releases/annual-poll-adults-express-increasing-anxiousness#:~:text=Washington%2C%20D.C.,2023%20and%2032%25%20in%202022.

 

At least 60% have at least one unreasonable fear:

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/fear

 

How to manage fear:

 

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/how-overcome-anxiety-and-fear

 

How to cope with fear:

 

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/how-overcome-anxiety-and-fear

 

Overcome fear of failure:

 

https://hbr.org/2018/12/how-to-overcome-your-fear-of-failure?utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=domcontent&utm_term=Non-Brand&tpcc=paidsearch.google.dsacontent&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9Km3BhDjARIsAGUb4nwDJRKY-UqTLI2l-f2j_V2lDqJbzLPSBCH9F-rauYz0tIz42SGFOPUaAuUTEALw_wcB

 

Overcome fear of change: 

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-adaptive-mind/201809/how-overcome-the-fear-change

 

Fear and authoritarianism:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/02/authoritarian-leaders-people-safe-voters

No fear in love: 

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1%20John%204%3A18

Fear - Costs and Benefits:

 

https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2022/10/fear-when-it-rational-and-when-it-unhealthy

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-fear-is-a-good-thing_b_8258746

 

Blesses:

 

Video Game: Outlast

Movie: A Quiet Place

 

Curses:

The Terrifier 
Texas Chainsaw Massacre