Fear, Is It In Us?

When most people think of fear, they think of what they are afraid of, they also may think of a time that they were scared, or frightened. And most often, they relate that fear to an object, something that they believe "caused" the fear. When we relate our fear to something, we most often have experienced a bad encounter, or time with this thing. If someone is afraid of snakes, you could most likely guess that they were put in a bad position with one at some point in there life. But at other times, we use others peoples fear as an excuse for our own. Often times, you will see on the news of an event such as a shark attack. They portray sharks to be these deadly harmful creatures and it makes everyone who sees it frightened. What the viewers don't know is that sharks are actually not as bad as everyone thinks. In fact, hot dogs kill more people annually than sharks do! Also, even something as simple as beds kill 450 people annually compared to the average of five deaths caused by sharks!

So is fear something that is in us? Is fear a natural reaction to anything that can harm us? I would say that fear is overused. And by overused, I mean that people these days use fear as an excuse. We live our sheltered happy lives, dodging anything that may potentially harm us or even simply frighten us. We as individuals look out for ourselves and loved ones and anytime a threat is faced, we naturally avoid it by working up something inside of us called "fear."