Fear

   Hey everyone!H here!!! Today I am telling you guys about something you THOUGHT you knew!That certain subject is...fear.Now many of you think you know all about fear. The basics it makes you scared,it is the last thing you would ever want,the number one thing in this world you use your every waking breath just to avoid. Intense? Some people are afraid of demons,snakes,spiders,death,(germs...). Today I will tell you something that will knock your socks off.
   Guess what? You are not born with fear. Fear is learned or thrust upon you. I know unbelievable!!!I didn't just come up with this revelation myself. Some guy (I am pretty sure you have never heard of) wrote this book called "all about the human mind" .  Yes it is written in all lower case like that. Anyway it is by Robert M. Goldenson, Ph.D. It clearly states:


" Fear is another emotion that can be both friend and enemy. If we let it get the better of us, it confuses our thinking and keeps us from acting sensibly. But if we realize that it is normal to be afraid at times,it may actually help by making us more alert and cautious. We wouldn't stay away from a mad dog unless we feared it.
   We learn to live with fear from our earliest years. Practically all infants are frightened by strange and unexpected sounds or sights, such as the noise of a siren or the antics of a clown.

   As children, we may acquire a number of fears from other people or from our own experiences . A young child comes to fear snakes because he has been warned against them. He may begin to be afraid of dark closets when he is locked in one. Large dogs may become frightening if one of them knocks him over. Lightning may scare him because it scares his parents. 
   We are not born with any of these fears. They are all learned.
   Some fears are also learned through CONDITIONING, In one psychology's most famous experiments, an eleven-month-old boy named Albert was shown a white rat. He had never shown any fear of animals and reached out to stroke it. At that moment a loud bell was rung in his ear. The next time he was shown the rat, he drew back in fear. The experiment was repeated several times. Soon Albert was "conditioned" to fear almost any furry object, including his mother's fur neckpiece and a old man's beard."


How very interesting...(Sorry about the italics!Something is wrong with my keyboard.)Well like in Jay's post about being geeky! I am always reading things like this!!!Well have some legitimate summer fun!Love H.


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