Posts Tagged ‘Unreasonable Fear’

Reasonable and Unreasonable Fear

Sunday, July 31st, 2011:

Panic is defined as “a sudden fear which dominates or replaces thinking”. There is such a thing as reasonable panic, that is panic based on tangible reasons. Let’s say you are hiking through the woods on a nice late spring day, and hear something behind you, it’s a large bear running full speed, you panic, try to run away, climb a tree, jump into a lake, scream, you get the picture. I would call this panic based on reason, even if it is not the smartest thing to do, it does seem reasonable. Another example might be that dreaded phone […] Read More →

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