Hey dollars!
Here's a philosophical question, I'd like to know you're thoughs:
When we are taken by fear, what does fear remove from us?

Hmm...I;m pretty horrible at things like this, but I'd say 'control.' Because when you are afraid of something, it is usually because they have more power over you, right? For example, if you are afraid of the dark and get locked up in a pitch-black room, you can't really do anything to comfort yourself, and if you WERE able to comfort yourself, then it wouldn't be considered a fear anymore. Sorry, but this was my best attempt at answering this question, I really suck at explaining. ^ ^

If the fear was great enough, bodily wastes seem to be a popular depiction of something removed by fear across various forms of media, though I've never witnessed a reaction quite like it.

What I have noticed, though, is that when people get scared, they can lose any combination of rationality, respect, caution, calm, motivation, and other characteristics associated with panic, procrastination and exaggeration.

That is, if when you say "taken by fear," you mean all types of fear, not just immediate ones like encountering what you deem is a powerful entity that may have an intent at harming you.

I love philosophical things. Depending on the degree of fear, it varies. True fear however, would be exactly as X said; loss of all rationality. Then again, some people cope well with it. Some go above and beyond boundaries they hadn't before thought of pushing, due to the pressure brought upon by fear.

Being afraid of spiders (not necessarily arachnophobia) isn't quite like being claustrophobic. The magnitude of lost senses is totally different.

I would also say that if one is taken by fear, they lose all sense of awareness as well; assuming you're talking about a deep sense of fear (the kind that brings out anxiety and panic attacks).

That's very interesting, thanks for your answer guys!
Since we live in an overprotective world (we are afraid...of being afraid), we are constantly in search of "fear" with rollercoaster, horror movies, etc.
Why?
Do you think we are somehow repressed by our own fear?
I think fear take away our liberty, because we are restrained by the limit of fear!
But it's still dark for me as for why we search for scary things...

>>5 Maybe it's our curiosity and thirst for knowledge. I mean knowledge not just as pieces of information but as experiences. We do all kinds of risky things because we want to know how it feels, what it's like. And oh, the adrenaline rush is nice and always leaves you wanting more.

Fear reminds me of darkness. We are not afraid of the physical darkness, but we are afraid of what is inside of the darkness.
Being scared of something or someone, removes us from reality and moves us into a mental state. Trying to avoid the thing that frightens us can cause us to remove ourselfs from society and reality. We hide, hoping it won't hurt us, and that then removes us from our daily lives.
Ah, that makes no sense. My apologises.

Hoho, fear reminds me of something I read the other day.
Fuck Everything And Run.

Should we face our fears?

>>9 I think yes because fear oblige us to evolve
I mean we are evolved this much thanks to fear. We would we be without fear? Dead. I think somehow, it remove our energy, but I gave us life and I allow us to evolve and be stronger

If we face our fears, we can walk forward, out of darkness and into a bright future were we do not have to hide or run anymore in the shadows.
I hope I can face my fears and evolve. I want to be strong.
Thank you very much!

Your Moonrune evolved into someone whose name I can read!

I think that fear remove from us the rational part and enter us in an irational stance that helps us survive for the moment, but can also make us going to death because sometimes you can escape better if you remain cool.

Yay, I'm so lucky I got so much answers! Thank you guys!
God I really have to re-read my thing (there's so much errors)
I think that fear is the greatest human motivator. As much as it oblige us to push our limits, there wil always be a limit to our liberty.
A man's ego won't stop growing until he will meet a threat greater that himself, that is fear. So,a part of our liberty is somehow removed by fear.

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Oh god it's my old thread (makes me all teary)
Fear, at the same time, give us life, but take it away
It gives us life because fear is what motivated us to evolve in order to survive
But, at the same time, fear remove our strenght when we are lost in exagerate panic

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Geez insert you must really like these threads to be digging so far back

>>20 I think it's more that he wants to bring back the good ol' Dollars before we got our massive tidal wave of asshattery and spent most of our time on this site correcting stupid bastards.

Also, it's pretty hard to find a relevant thread on main so if there has ever been one you can't blame him for wanting to bring it back.

To answer the question, my biggest problem with being taken by fear is a loss of composure. I hate not having my usual calm (Or as the dollars seems to interpret it: unbridled rage) and giving something else the power to control me through my fight or flight responses.

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bump, and I think it takes away the ability to think rationally.

maybe so, but i believe fear also helps in overcoming our challenges. for an example persay: survival? im not sure how to word it any better right now. *pretty tired out today* haha. anyways enough of my rambling. carry on.

Fear can remove Courage, or add on to it. Fear can force you to not do something, or make you do an action. It can add any emotion to you, or easily take it away. There is no single answer to this question.

>>27 yea. much better wording. thanks haha.

A lot of the times...
It's the same as when you're mad. Things kindof...well, you lose your rationality, and ability to think clearly. So, it does get rid of your courage and other things. (I like to think to compare it to how a Sharks mind goes blank when it's in a feeding frenzy..)

when fear takes over your power grows so you can live and run to safty or save a loved one

Fear is just another emotion, which means it can cause a chain of events to take place depending on what fate has in store. It could change you or define you. Give you strength or weakness.

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i believe when we r taken by fear, fear removes our reasoning as well as our common senses.

We are taken by fear when we submit to ignorance but we are removed once we become enlightened.

Common sense. When we are gripped by fear, we will take any actions to rid of the fear, not using common sense to judge these actions.

Fear gets rid of you, and replaces you with another version of who you where

>>1 Fear removes out security ans peace of mind

Hope

Fear is just a weakness leaving the body just like pain is a weakness trying to escape from the prison of a human body

If it's just being pretentious,Pride...
If it's trauma, Confidence and Personality...
If it's phobia, Mental Stability...

Rationality, peace of mind and reason. When you're afraid, it's possible to be so afraid that your mind won't be up to par with its usual state and you make stupid moves.

Fear. To some, a debilitating factor in their life. To others, the most powerful weapon of all. Fear does different things to each person. I am of the belief that what matters is what you do when you're afraid.

Our fighting spirit; I think fear takes away our will to fight, but if we can force it down, our willpower becomes stronger than ever.

I think the biggest effect is our perception of time changes. Planning and decisions become brash and the actual passing of time goes faster. Then again sometimes if you fear the lead up to things the opposite effect happens and time slows down.

I'd have to say that it removes our will. Our drive to keep moving.

Fear is different for everyone....and what it takes away depends on what are fearing at the time. If your scared of heights, your fear takes away your will to move. Sometimes, we get so scared that we cant even scream or talk- because the words wont come out. Sometimes fear takes away our abilities to reason. We act irrationally because of fear. Some people bite their nails, some people bite their lip. Yeah, it does take our wall down sometimes. But it will never enntirly take away our fighting spirit. Your fighting spirit is like your will power- And when your scared enough and cant move, its your fighting spirit (your will power) that will make you move again.

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>>50 Off topic much?

the courage??

rational thought.

Power

are loved ones, from sane

The ability to think straight. It takes away our rationality and makes us depend on our more deep instincts

fear is an emotion not a robber. we humans rely to much on fear, we use it as an escuse to be pathetic, or weak. we take our pride, love, trust away from ourselves. fear is not the culprit we are looking for, instead try looking in the mirror.

To me fear takes away nothing, it adds the opportunity to overcome. However sometimes you can't think striaght thuogh but still.

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This is good! Whenever there is a problem, or a fear, it's a wonderful idea to look at is an an opportunity to prove something of ourselves.

As for fear...I think we shouldn't allow ourselves to get taken over by fear in the first place. I'm a cocky bastard, so I don't remember the last time I was in fear, but it's good to always be in control (as a poster has said already).

Just to get that thing off main

I really agree with Yupina. I don't permit myself to let fear in, only rarely do I get scared. And I guess what some people lose is the ability to think clearly or to reamin calm.

Mainly, a sense of security, but depending on the level of fear, it could also be rationality, or a calm demeanor.

I think Fear Removes the Calm and Control of ourselves?
if it's to a country Fear causes panic and Panic disrupts the chain of commands?
just some tought

Fear takes away our self peace, it makes us believe that we are in danger. Fear takes away our peace.

Fear drives your survival instincts, the will to fight another day. Takes away your civilization, and reverts you to a primal stage, in where you fight to live and survive only for yourself. However, fear can also give you many things.

>>66 what can it give us?

Fear can give you courage.

>>67 Power, the will to live/survive, clarity (if harnessed and controlled), it can also make you fearless, if you defeat and over come it.

Confidence and control

it takes away ur whole mind and makes you focus on one thing;running

frontal lobe functionality.

reason and thought

agree with Alias lol

yea that was a pretty good answer Alias

when we are afraid, we concentrate so much on what we are scared of and what's going to happen that we lose our ability to think logically.

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fear could inflict whims and illogical actions but on the positive side, it helps a person to really concentrate on one idea. It's not really that bad. In fact, it's normal. Fear gives birth to a lot of internal change.

Fear removes use from our true selves and our own nature, and makes us vulnerable to change into the most frightening of thing without a second thought from our subconscious.

our reason and rational thinking.

Our confidence

it removes our ability to think straight

Fear should never take from us, but rather give to us. When captivated by fear you should accept that what you are feeling now is fear, and you should understand why you are afraid in the first place, and then once you understand that you can learn to overcome your fear. Fear should give you a better understanding of why you must be afraid in the first place, and thus lead you to the overcoming of your fear.

Someone who is always by our side, only to hear the beating of his heart.. I already feel all pain and fear going though. ;)

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