Fear is an emotion in the mind that is produced when one’s life is in danger on account of external forces or things. Man reacts to the situation with a fear-emotion.
It is characterized by pallor of the face, palpitation of heart, slowing of pulse or stoppage, tremor of limbs, perspiration, expressionless condition of the eyes, passing of urine and faeces unaware, in extreme cases, choking of voice, inability to speak, etc. The body becomes like a log of wood. The mind gets stunned. The functions of the senses are inhibited. In extreme cases one may die of shock. In ordinary cases when the cause of fear is removed, he slowly recovers from the morbid symptoms and comes back to his original state.
There are many famous quotes on fear. After reading each one of the following, ask the group if they agree or disagree with the quote, and why:“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark.” - Francis Bacon
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.” -H. P. Lovecraft
“Fear a created thing (dark, animal, person…) is an illness, and fear the God is a cure.”- Unknown
“What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope.” - Publilius Syrus
“People who live in fear grow up standing at the end of every line.” - Denis Waitley
“They that live in fear are never free.”- Robert Burton
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