One of the strongest negative emotions in a person is fear. The attitude to fear is ambivalent. On the one hand, this feeling drives progress, and on the other hand, it is the most destructive force that shortens a person's life at times.
What is fear in reality? Fear arises precisely when a person finds himself in a situation that threatens his existence, socially or biologically. Scientists believe that the feeling of fear is inherent in nature. This mechanism serves as a kind of warning of impending danger and allows you to focus on finding a way out of the current situation. However, fear can be unfounded. For example, when a person is in a state of anticipation before unknown events.
Any person has a life experience that consists of both positive and negative experiences. Every time you have to experience something negative, it leaves a certain imprint in the subconscious. When such a negative experience is repeated, and is also reinforced by the forced need to repeat unsuccessful actions, then the fear of failure is reinforced and consolidated. For example, why is it believed that in a football match the home team has a much greater chance of winning? Because there is information - one's own field, one's own country, etc. This means information, awareness helps to overcome fear. If the players are well informed about their opponents, the conditions of the match, about the customs and morals of the country, then there will simply be no room for fear and anxiety in their minds.
Interestingly, some scholars view the feeling of surprise as a form of fear. They believe that surprise sometimes occurs under the same circumstances as fear. When a person is surprised, he focuses his attention on the causes of an unusual phenomenon, and a feeling of fear makes him look for ways to avoid the threat. And if both of these feelings are connected in this way, then the shift of emphasis and attention from the results of the event to its causes will allow us to overcome the most negative emotion in the world - fear.
