Types Of Fears

Fear comes daily and often in our lives in the form of stress, worry, anxiety and in a variety of other wasteful and negative forms. Let us look at some of the types of fear human beings suffer from: * The unknown - for example, death or a new situation. * Loneliness - sometimes people fear loneliness to the extent that they cannot bear their own company, preferring to lose themselves in superficial (artificial) relationships and activities. * The future - as the problems of the world increase, whether political, economic, environmental or social, this creates, or adds to, personal and collective fear of the future. * Illness - sometimes because of fear of disease, people make their sickness worse than it is, or live in fear of inflicting (getting) something horrible. * Other people - usually this is the greatest fear of all: fear of others' anger, rejection, judgement and violence.   * Failure - some people avoid doing something, or choose not to act, because their fear of failure weakens initiative and confidence. * Authority - this can be fear of a parent, of a boss, even of God. Because authority has often been misused, in order to control and suppress people, it is a normal result that fear, in the form of suspicion and mistrust, has become such a negative force, both personally and collectively, in society.  There are many reasons for these types of fear, but the main ones include: * Past experiences, which brought disappointment, insecurity, or wariness (caution). * Lack of faith in one's self and in others. * The need for approval, to belong, or to be accepted. * The habit of seeing things negatively.