Fear, the silent killer

Fear festers where faith declines. Its an emotion response to a perceived theat, be it real or imagined. Since it is an emotion it is highly malleable, highly flexible and highly adaptable.

Fear can manifest itself under different guises. There is the fear of darkness, the fear of small spaces, the fear of open spaces, the fear of round vegetables, and the list goes on and on.
Some of these fears are real and justified, most of them are not.
To each one of these fears correspond a list of symptoms, and a memorable name, arachnophobia being one of them.
The unusual way with which the names of these phobias roll off the tongue, infuses in people feelings of dread, and conjures up distressing images.
The characteristics of phobias, namely, a catchy name, and a list of easily recognizable symptoms, blow life into conditions that have never existed before, and makes them "ready to be had".
Our brain, through rationalization, could easily associate a slight discomfort with the generic description of any of these symptoms.
If we dwell on them, our brain takes over, and starts "manufacturing" these symptoms along with its corresponding fear.
Why do some people fear serpents, while others don't?
The cause could lie in their programming, and all the information they have ingested about the danger of such and such rodent, reptile or inanimate object.

As simple and trite as it may sound, simple solution are more potent than the more sophisticated, intricate ones.

The issue is our brain has a tendency a higher premium on things that are hard to come by. It tends to lend more credibility to complicated obfuscated solutions and discard the simplest ones.

The solution is cultivating faith in the goodness of life, which in turn will affect our thinking, our emotions and our mood. It will stir it to actions that exalt and uplift us, which in turn will fortifiy our faith in a cycle of perpetual lofty glory.