Fear

When one thinks of fear, they think of seeing a scary movie or reading a horror story, but fear has a much deeper meaning than that. One can have fear of another person in the form of awe or reverence, as one fears their mother or teacher. Fear can be an uneasy feeling, an anxious thought, or a concern about something, as one might fear for their life, or someone could even just regard something with fear, as a child fears the dark. A few synonyms for fear are to revere, venerate, dread, or apprehend. There are only two antonyms for fear: fearlessness and bravery, both meaning "to have no fear". In the Christian book of Psalms fear is mentioned many times as a way to describe how people feared the Lord in respectful dread.Generally, there are three states of fear: distrust, paranoia, and terror. Distrust is a mild state of fear like caution, usually focused towards a person or object.Paranoia is a form of psychosis where a person imagines that they are being persecuted. Terror is a pronounced state of fear, where someone becomes overwhelmed with a sense of immediate danger. Throughout the ages, fear has meant many things, real and imagined. Fear can be healthy - when you look both ways before you cross the street, or it can be irrational -when you are terrified that the plane you are on may crash, although you realize there is almost no chance that it will.

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