Fear is usually used as a synonym for fear.
Fear (from the Latin timor ) is a passion of the soul that leads a subject to try to escape from what they consider risky, dangerous or harmful to themselves. Fear, therefore, is a presumption, suspicion or fear of future harm .
For example: "I'm afraid of what could happen to me," "Fear led Adriana to lock herself in her house," "The blue-haired man caused great fear to the neighborhood residents because of his violent attitudes and his contempt for society." life" .
In everyday language, there is a hypothetical scale that places fear as a milder emotion than fear, and fear at a lower level than terror . A threatening but leashed dog can generate fear; an aggressive and loose dog, fear; Finally, a pack of mad and excited dogs is in a position to cause terror.
Fear, a primary emotion
Fear is used as a synonym for fear , the distressing emotion caused by an imaginary or real risk. This is an unpleasant sensation that arises from the natural aversion to threats.
Being a primary emotion , it can be said that fear is part of the adaptive scheme of human beings and animals, since it represents a survival and defense mechanism. Thanks to fear, an individual can respond quickly to an adverse situation.
When the fear is very intense, we speak of terror.
A fairly common sensation
All human beings at some point in their lives have felt fear and this is a painful emotion, a common instinct, that occurs when a certain event that we want to avoid is about to occur.
In the same way, the fact that we have all felt fear at some point also means that we avoid many of the situations or decisions in front of us and do not undertake them simply out of fear of the consequences they may bring.
We must not overlook the existence of what is known as fear of God . It is about the respect and fear that we must have for God. But this term is also used to refer to the desire that every human being has to achieve the wisdom that God possesses regarding good and evil.
Irrational fear, phobias and entertainment
All this without forgetting that there is also what is known as irrational fear . This is that type of fear that is identified fundamentally because it is not based on anything, it is totally imaginary, but nevertheless it has the power to prevent someone from doing something concrete. A clear example of this is that many people drive with fear because they think they are going to have an accident.
Fear, furthermore, it is important that we are clear that it can become a phobia. As a general rule, this is absolutely illogical, there is no circumstance that makes it understandable. Thus, there are phobias of spiders, dark places, birds...
Fear can also mutate into a form of entertainment . That is the case of horror stories or movies of the same genre, which generate fear but can be enjoyed since they do not pose a specific danger.