"Fear is the mind-killer."

[Arnox]

It's a famous excerpt from a quote from the Dune series, but while some of you may know of the Litany Against Fear, I feel like this general mindset deserves more of a treatment. When we're born and as we grow up, we start out with a basic defense and preservation mechanism called fear. When we're 0-17 years of age, this sense serves us mostly well, but as one becomes an adult and learns logically what to avoid and keep at a distance, this sense of fear becomes more and more of a liability and a weight instead of a help. It begins to produce needless stress and anxiety. It becomes a ridiculous hindrance. The problem though is that most of us aren't really told about fear and how specifically to handle it as we get older, or hell, even when we're still young sometimes. So this sense of fear lingers on like a dangling relic of our younger years.

I was going to put this thread in the Official Content Listings, but I find that I'm actually not 100% sure that it's good idea to get rid of fear entirely even if one is truly grown up and mature. The sense has been around for thousands of years and for good reason. One shouldn't simply remove something that old and established simply because it may be rather inconvenient. So, I'll ask you guys about it instead. Assuming that one is fully grown up and intelligent and knowledgeable, is fear still useful or should it be dumped entirely?

 

[Dale Gribble]

To me fear like pain is just your mind telling you to quit. You might be afraid to give a best man speech, or go skydiving, or whatever. But you know if you give in to fear you'll regret it. I can't really see an advantage to being afraid, and most of the time If you just push through that fear the payoff is much better than giving up. So, I really don't know. You could make an argument for dangerous situations, but even then if you're anything like me you're the one who put yourself in that situation so being scared makes no sense. I'm talking about riding a Rollercoaster or something.

You just got to look in the mirror and ask yourself, am I a bitch?