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FEAR

Managing & Overcoming

Practical Strategies

Using positive affirmations

Facing fears step by step

Social Support

Seeking therapy or proffessional help

Talking to friends/family about fears

Behavioral Techniques

Graduate exposure therapy

Muscle relaxation

Controlled breathing techniques

Cognitive Techniques

Mindfulness and meditation

Changing negative thought patterns

Identifying irrational fears

Responses

Emotional Responses

Distress

Anxiety

Panic

Behavioral Responses

Inability to move or react

Running away from the threat

Facing the fear agressively

Cognitive Responses

Catastrophizing

Increased focus on threats

Negative thoughts about possible danger

Physiological Responses

Goosebumps

Dry mouth

Shaking

Sweating

Causes

Psychological Factors

Generalized anxiety disorder

Overactive imagination

Social & Cultural Factors

Fear of societal judgement

Fear shaped by traditions

Environmental Factors

Media influence

Parental influence

Traumatic experiences

Biological Factors

Brain structures that process fear

Evolutionary survival insticts

Types

Irrational Fear

Social anxiety

Fear of harmless things

Chronic Fear

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Rational Fear

Fear of dangerous situations

Fear of fire

Learned Fear

Fear due to social influences

Fear developed through experiences

Innate

Fear of loud noises

Fear of darkness

Fear of heights