A person can find the source of his or her own fears by doing some self-evaluation and also by talking to a professional. Asking yourself questions such as: “Why am I afraid?” or “What is causing my anxiety?” will lead you in the right direction. 2. Determine a solution.

Fear often involves both physical and emotional symptoms….Each person may experience fear differently, but some of the common signs and symptoms include:

• Chest pain.
• Chills.
• Dry mouth.
• Nausea.
• Rapid heartbeat.
• Shortness of breath.
• Sweating.
• Trembling.

It is programmed into the nervous system and works like an instinct. From the time we’re infants, we are equipped with the survival instincts necessary to respond with fear when we sense danger or feel unsafe. Fear helps protect us. It makes us alert to danger and prepares us to deal with it.

“Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

You’ve probably heard over the years that public speaking tops the list of things people fear most, freaking us out more than even the inescapable existential problem of death. In 2017, it was far and away Americans’ greatest fear, with 74.5 percent of respondents saying they were “afraid” or “very afraid.”

(Prepare for goosebumps).

• “My greatest fear is that I will die alone.” –
• “Losing my social structure.
• “My deepest fear is being alone without family or friends.
• “My greatest fear is to look back and regret not having done something because I was afraid.” –
• “I fear being negatively scrutinized by others.” –

The physical, mortal danger is still there, it’s just delayed and, often, invisible. If you ask a man what his biggest fear is, and really get him to dig deep, he might come to say that his biggest, most pressing fear is being laughed at by women, or in other words being humiliated.

The 6 Basic Fears

• 1) Fear of poverty. Symptoms include: indifference, doubt, worry, over-caution, procrastination.
• 2) Fear of criticism.
• 3) Fear of ill health.
• 4) Fear of loss of love of someone.
• 5) Fear of old age.
• 6) Fear of death.
• 1) Identify your fear.
• 2) Acknowledge your fear.

Androphobia is defined as a fear of men. The term originated inside feminist and lesbian-feminist movements to balance the opposite term “gynophobia,” which means a fear of women. Misandry, another term that arose from the feminist and lesbian-feminist movements, is defined as a hatred of men.

Here are seven of the most common fears that leaders, in particular, need to look out for:

• The fear of being seen as an imposter.
• The fear of being criticized.
• The fear of being a failure.
• The fear of not being a good communicator.
• The fear of making hard decisions.
• The fear of not taking responsibility.

Relax. Learning relaxation techniques can help you with the mental and physical feelings of fear. It can help just to drop your shoulders and breathe deeply. Or imagine yourself in a relaxing place.

They are the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling. As for the universal ones, being afraid of heights is pretty common but are you afraid of falling or do you feel that you are in control enough not to be scared.

We believe we are born with our fears, that they are deeply decoded in our DNA and that we can never get rid of them. But we are only actually born with two fears – the fear of falling and of loud noises.