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My Favorite Fear Quotes

We all love quotes – motivational quotes, inspirational quotes, love quotes – and yes fear quotes too! I enjoy reading and collecting quotes about fear too because they help me identify, process and in the end try to completely conquer my fears. Sometimes…

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Understanding Fears And Phobias

The chemical components of fears and phobias amount to a chain reaction in the brain that begins with a traumatic stimulus that causes the discharge of powerful chemicals. These chemicals then cause your heart to race, the hairs on the back of your neck to rise, rapid breathing and a tensing of the muscles. In that moment…

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Why Do We Like Quotes About Fear?

Before starting to explore why we like quotes about fear, imagine that you’re walking along a dark, winding street on your way home from the bus stop. Suddenly, you sense rather than hear the presence of someone close behind you – matching your every step. Tiny hairs on your neck rise…

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The Often Asked Question - Is Fear Real Or Not?

How do you know if fear is real or not? As a child you probably experienced all kinds of fears because of your imagination. Were you afraid to get up in the dark to go to the bathroom because the boogeyman might get you? These types of fears may have been brought on by a movie you watched or because an older sibling always told you this would happen. The good part is…

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Fears And Phobias

Fears and phobias have the potential to ruin your life if you allow them to. Common fears include the fear of flying, a fear of water or spiders, snakes and even birds! All fears produce symptoms which can widely range in intensity. A fear may cause you to have a light or queasy stomach, your breathing may speed up, your mouth may go dry, you may be frozen in place or you could start to sweat excessively.

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How to Fight Lizard Brain

So, you read the title of this article and probably thought “Huh?” That reaction is not unexpected. In order to know how to fight lizard brain, you have to first know what lizard brain is. Fair enough. The term “lizard brain” is a popular connotation of the anatomical term…

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Can You Have Fear Of Yourself?

One fear that many people have is a “fear of yourself” – a fear of who they are and of what they know. Self improvement is an endless quest for many people who are striving to be the person they think, or have been told, they should become. The sad fact is that everyone has a multitude of gifts that they don’t recognize as such. The issue is for you to recognize them and feel confident about them. When you stop and take a good look inside yourself, you may find that there isn’t that much that needs fixing.

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The Most Common Panic Attack Causes

When suffering from a panic attack your brain is doing the same thing as it would when you are dealing with a known fear. To date there is no known way to narrow down exact panic attack causes, but there are various theories on this subject. Quite often a life changing event can cause some people to suffer from panic attacks. Most of these attacks can be…

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What Does Panic Attack Feel Like?

A panic attack is also referred to as an onset of acute fear. All of a sudden, without any type of warning, you are riddled with fear. You feel as though the world is spinning and you don’t feel as though you are there. It is an unreal feeling where your heart is beating like crazy and you often feel as though you may die.

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Face Your Fears Right Now

It is very common for you not to want to face your fears. Most people prefer not to even speak about their fears. However, there is a relatively simple process allowing you to face your fears which is sometimes referred to as exposing your fears or exposure therapy. The exposing your fears technique involves…

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What the Heck is Lizard Brain?

At the back of your head, right on top of your spine, you’ll find the part of your brain that anatomists call the amygdala or lizard brain. This is the part of your brain that is the oldest and the part that you anatomically share with dogs, cattle, snakes and crocodiles. It’s the part of your brain that regulates the basics – hunger, body temperature, respiration and sex drive. The problem with the amygdala is that primitiveness.

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What Is Fear?

When I decided to explore and start facing fears of my own, the first thing I needed to know is what is classified a fear? Is there a common ground for all of these emotions that cause such dramatic changes in us and that we call fear!? The “official” definition of the word fear is…