


What am I actually afraid of? Is it the right thing to be afraid of? Should I be this afraid of it – or rationally, should I be less or more afraid?.Questions to ask yourself to bring courage into play include: It is almost certainly linked to memory, perhaps a past experience, or something you may have read. However, as our page on Managing Emotions points out, your emotional response may not be rational. The physical effects of adrenaline include cold, clammy skin, as the blood is withdrawn to the vital organs to enable you to run away fast, the sensation of ‘butterflies’ in the stomach, shivering or trembling, and even chattering teeth.īeing afraid tells you when you are concerned that you may not survive something. We are afraid of things that threaten our survival, and our reaction is governed by an adrenaline response (which usually means that we are driven to ‘fight’ or ‘flight’). Fearįear, like many emotions, is closely linked to survival. They make us feel bad, either at the time or afterwards. Fear and overconfidence are generally viewed as undesirable emotions.
