Fear could be your worst enemy

• May 3, 2024

The fear is a emotion characterized by an intense unpleasant feeling, caused by the perception of a danger , whether real or presumed, present, future and even past. The fear that human beings experience is objective and justified because it protects us from a series of dangers; It acts as a protection mechanism that we humans have.

Basic components

1. Subjective experience of fear
2. Changes physiological
3. Directly observable expressions of fear
4. Attempts to avoid certain situations or escape from them

Due to the situation of violence currently living in Mexico, the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), José Narro Robles , said that fear is a bad companion for the solution of our problems because paralyzes and darkens the reason , it mutes people and inhibits action.

The rector of UNAM expressed his concern that the violence , the torture , the violation of the rights of the people or the authoritarianism to privilege the security of individuals are justifiable. Many of them, even, are willing to sacrifice freedom in order to have security , he pointed.

Narro Robles explained that it would seem that a set of negative feelings they have spread in society; we have to banish all of them to move towards development. The fear , the frustration wave despair are frequently present and it is not uncommon for cases in which indifference , the negation wave acceptance of undesirable facts that become a habit, seem to accompany daily life, so we have to find a way to eliminate it.

On the other hand, Manuel Cadena Morales , president of the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies , agreed that Mexico faces a delicate situation in terms of security , which has caused that among the population there is a feeling of fear what paralyzes collective action and citizenship. The fear It is the worst enemy for our process of democratic consolidation and a breeding ground for authoritarian temptations.

One of the consequences of fear is that a repeated exposure to the stimuli that generate it can cause lasting changes in behavior, feelings and psychophysiological functioning of people.

Among the possible solutions to correct this problem are the psychological methods , which try to reduce them directly or try to modify their supposed causes.

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