Phobia or Fear

 

Phobia or Fear

 

Linguistics has come out with appropriate words to explain human feelings as accurate as they suppose to.  To try and come up with sentences to encapsulate the feelings conveyed by these words and the differences separating shades of afore mentioned words is the central theme of the following write up.

 

 

Fear is to be afraid of something. Fear is a strong emotion triggered due to the anticipation of danger.  Degree of this fear may be determined by the severity of the danger. On the other hand Phobia can be defined as an exaggerated fear of some object or situation.  People commonly miss use term Phobia and Fear in place of one another.

 

As any feeling, fear is a just a feeling. It is up to us to decide how we use this feeling. It can be detriment to some and it can be inspiring to some people. Fear is a very useful human feeling. It can help an individual to push himself harder to achieve his target. A sniper has to have a fear of life to keep him alert, to keep his head down and be on his toes not to get spotted. A runner has to fear the clock in order to beat it. One has to fear the bitterness of failure in order to not loose the sweet taste of success.

 

 

Phobia is an excuse we give to avoid certain things that may push us to the limits, to avoid factors that might get us out of our comfort zone. People fear heights, oceans, aircrafts, enclosed elevators, spiral stairs more than they should and they tend to name it Phobia.

 

Phobia or Fear, certainly there is no choice. Fear that propels one to success should be preferred over any other feeling that may weaken individual. However, all the human beings are not equal. If some are not poor others won't be rich. It is left to us to decide to be a phobic or to be fearful about anything on the surface of this earth.

 

Nachiket