By Ruth Okarter
Do you know that fear can be beneficial as well as dangerous?
Remember the saying that anything that has an advantage has a disadvantage as well.
Fear is a natural emotion that helps us survive. It’s when we recognize that something is threatening our well-being and help us stay safe from it.
Fear can be used as a way to motivate us to take action, avoid danger or even just keep us from doing something potentially dangerous. However, with all good things there are some bad things about fear too:
Advantages of Fear
-It protects you from danger
-It keeps you safe by warning you when something might be in your way (e.g., an oncoming car)
Disadvantages of Fear
-You might do something stupid out of fear instead of doing what’s right for your well being
-You might not know if it’s really necessary to be afraid
Fear is both a good and a bad thing.
It’s good when you’re afraid of something that could harm you, like being attacked by a snake. That’s because fear helps you to stay safe.
But fear can also be bad when it causes us to make rash decisions or not take care of ourselves, like when we get scared of failure at work or getting our heart broken—which can lead to health problems like stress-induced high blood pressure.
Fear is part of the human experience. We’re all afraid of things—fear of the unknown, fear of man, fear of failure, fear of death, and so on.
It’s normal to have some fear, but when you experience excessive fear, it can affect your life in many different ways.
Fear is a normal emotion that can protect us from danger. But giving in to unwholesome fear can do the opposite; it can put us in harm’s way. We must work hard to control unwholesome fear.
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