TTC/The Great Courses – Margee Kerr – Understanding and Overcoming Fear (2021)

Fear It is not an emotion that we want to feel. Love, happiness, joy, excitement—most of us would choose those feelings over the distress of fear. Fear would be the most important emotion if we ranked them according to their importance in our survival. It was our ancestors’ feeling of fear that caused an instantaneous flood of chemicals throughout their bodies, resulting in a quicker heartbeat, greater access to oxygen, sharpened senses, and Increased energy That’s They were able to stop an attacker. and survive. Fear is not just a feeling—it is a psychological and Our physiological mechanism to avoid danger and Our ability to survive increases.

You don’t have to think hard to know if you’re afraid right this minute; you just know. Yet, fear, as with all emotions, can be difficult to identify. Fear You can save your life by not swimming with sharks-It can make you sick, or keep you from meeting new people. Fear It is a powerful emotion that can keep us back or move us forward. and Our group is bound to us. But what is the point? It is it?

In Understanding and Overcoming Fear, sociologist Margee KerrDr. explains the physiological explanations. and The context of fear, which reveals the complexity of this powerful emotion and Explaining why you will never experience the same fear twice. The 24 episodes are illustrated with captivating video and graphics, Margee takes you on a journey similar to the one she has taken in her own work—from considering fear as a toxic, destructive force that needs to be defeated to an emotion with tremendous positive impact in the right circumstances.

▶️  The positive power of Fear

Since the dawn of 21st century horror movies have enjoyed a fourfold increase in popularity.-Market share growth is a fold. Every fall, Americans spend billions of Dollars celebrating Halloween and Many of us go to haunted houses.-Attractions for the home and similar experiences—paying for the privilege of being terrorized. Some people seem to love being afraid.

It was accepted that people had lived through these experiences. and They influenced our bodies in ways that were good and bad. We now know that context is everything. Nobody wants to feel that sting of fear when they are being followed at night as they walk down dark streets. But what if? and Your friends are in a haunted castle and What if a man leaps at you? You’re likely to shriek (and then laugh), but you’re also likely to say at the end, “Wow, that was fantastic.” It feels so good!

Margee This experiment aims to answer this question by presenting a group of participants who purchased tickets for an experiment. “extreme” Haunted attraction Collecting the participants’ self-reported moods and Brainwave data before and after, scientists discovered:

• The recreational fear was reported to have made people feel significantly better, with a notable drop in anxiety. EEG data shows that they felt more relaxed.
• Participants reported feeling less tired after the event.
• Most participants felt that they had overcome their fears. and You learned something about yourself.

The study revealed that choice is a key factor in the selection process. and Controlling our emotions and frightening ourselves can be a positive thing. It’s a very different story when choice and Control is absent when someone is truly scared for their lives. Although the physiological response might be the same—increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweaty palms—the meaning we make of these feelings is very different. Every emotion is created. and Feelings in the moment, based upon context and previous experience, and It’s never the same twice.

▶️ What are We Really Doing? Fear?

Each person has his or her own fears, which guide our thinking and drive our actions. and Encourage us to move forward, whether for the better or for the worse. Do you fear that you may have accidentally offended a coworker Fearful of the coyote or the ants that invade the bathroom? Fears about our individual lives can reveal a lot about us and our values. and Where we are at the end of our lives. The combined fears of all Americans can reveal a lot about our country’s current state. and What we do and Do not want to be in the future.

Since 2014, Chapman University, Orange, CA, has conducted an annual Survey of American Fears. By looking at the results in any given year, we can learn what’s on the minds of Americans at that moment. In Understanding and Overcoming Fear You will learn a lot about American fears.

• Americans are more worried about becoming seriously ill and dying than they are about getting sick. and Fear of mounting medical costs is a major concern.
• 2016: Climate change fears and pollution didn’t make it into the top 10 concerns. Yet, 57 per cent of survey respondents fear global warming by 2019. and Climate Change and 68 percent of respondents feared pollution in rivers and oceans. and lakes.
• 2014 saw a record number-One fear reported was that of walking alone at night. According to both major political parties, Americans reported that they had increased their number in 2019.-One fear is the existence of corrupt government officials.

These fears can be seen in the anxiety of those seeking mental health care.-Health support. In 2017, for example, the American Psychological Association introduced a new mental disorder (not an official one) called “eco-anxiety,” A fear of environmental doom is a constant fear. You will see that every country has its own fears, in addition to the more general ones.

▶️ Phobias: Fear Gone Awry

Popular culture jokes about phobias. These are irrational fears. and Excessive fear reactions to certain situations or environments. In sitcoms, we laugh when a woman climbs up on a desk shaking for a half.-inch spider is in the corner, or when a large man sweats in terror because he’s seen a two-A pound dog walks down the street. Living with a phobia can make it feel like you are walking around with a bomb in your stomach. and They are associated with a weak immune system and cardiac disease. and more. In this course, you’ll hear about many different types of phobias, including:

• TrypanophobiaFear of injections, blood poisoning and injuries. This phobia is particularly dangerous for those who are sensitive to the physiological reaction.
• TrypophobiaFear of holes and Repeating patterns. People suffering from this fear can feel dizzy or nauseated when they look at patterns such as a strawberry or honeycomb surface. The holes are closely packed together.
• OphidiophobiaFear of snakes. A lot of research has revealed that even images of snakes presented too fast to register in our conscious consciousness, they can trigger our threat response.

There are treatments for people suffering from phobias. Cognitive behavioral therapies are combined with exposure therapy. and It has been extremely helpful to have the right medication. and There are new treatments in development.

In this course, you’ll learn about numerous, effective ways to manage and Be brave and overcome your fears and how to build a better, healthier relationship with fear so that it does what it is designed to do—help us stay alive.