In 2009, veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker attended a presentation where veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall said something that changed his life: «
Fear is the worst thing a social species can experience, and it causes permanent damage to the brain.»
Learn why
fear is the worst thing a social species can experience, and how it causes permanent damage to the brain.
Not exact matches
«There
are few
things more liberating in life than having your
worst fear realized.
And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people
are feeling so despondent, when there
is a lack of hope, when it feels like
things will only get
worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of
fear.»
While Natale's comments will do little to quell those
fears, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis said during an earnings call this week that
things aren't as
bad as others might say.
Feloni: You've said that of all the
things that could go wrong, the biggest
fear for you
was that something
bad would happen to your family.
«Privacy
is ultimately more important than our
fear of
bad things happening, like terrorism.
Many investors
fear the type of market volatility we have seen in recent months, but it
's not necessarily a
bad thing — particularly for...
It
's the exact reverse, and even there, that
's ultimately the time for a small cap value where you get low - quality small cap, which
is the version of the
things that people in the bear
were so afraid would absolutely die if
things ended up
being as
bad as people previously
feared, that when they
're not quite that
bad, you get this huge upward relief bounce from.
Muslims understand that Halloween has Pagan roots and in several fashions
is a celebration of
things we believe
is wrong or
bad such as
fear of this world, death, and mythical false
things.
It
's one of those ancient
fear things that
was created hundreds of years ago when people still believed that
bad things can happen to you if you don't believe in God and obey Him.
I had done a lot of
bad things and
feared Hell more than anyone so I knew what I
was saved from and how awesome it
was to become a believer in Christ.
Of course, there
's always the
fear that I will run out of
things to say... or perhaps
worse, I'll keep writing even AFTER I've run out of
things to say!
That
was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently
been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear
's when I hallucinate it
's likes they
are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they
are trying to get me just as they
are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there
's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they
are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they
are saying the only way I can explain it
is emotions comfort joy love
is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do
bad things to people when I get put into a mode of
fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I
'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I»
am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many
things I've recently I decided it
's time for change I've lost my faith I've
been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I
am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it
's more to do with the persons own personal
fears which I have noticed my
fears have changed if I had to
be truthfully with myself I
fear God which I know I
'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I
'm up for the challenge like I said I
'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I
'm going to hang around for a wee while there
's lots of good information to
be plundered loll
And I have thought about doing this for at least a year and a half today, I woke up and thought «You keep begging God for help but when you feel a direction to go, you don't do it, You stop /
fear that
things will
be worse, And they
are worse for your non-actions.
You don't just believe that
bad things will happen to non-believers, you plan to take great joy in their suffering and your life currently
is dominated by your gleeful anticipation of their
fear and pain?
What I meant
was that people who label everything good and
bad, tend to avoid «
bad»
things like anger and sadness and
fear so that instead of dealing with those emotions, they just pretend they aren't there — even though they still
are.
You see, even for someone who
's worst fear is being trapped and controlled and who
is passionate about his own freedom can get caught up in a person or program that threatens and even destroys these
things he ultimately cares about.
My
fear is that the far higher taxes that
are proposed by politicians like Bernie Sanders will hurt job growth and, in the American social context of unstable families, make
things everything
worse.
Fear and hate
are not always
bad things.
Things are now so
bad that I tend to keep my atheism to myself, and instead mumble something about
being a very lapsed Catholic if I
'm put on the spot, for
fear that uttering the A-word will make people think I
'm a Dawkins drone with a mammoth superiority complex and a hives - like allergy to nurses wearing crucifixes.
The God of Israel and Muhammad have the same traits as an abusive partner: • you have to
fear him to receive his love • you
are unworthy of his love • you
are nothing without him • if you do not love him he will hurt you • he doesn't want to punish you — it
's really your fault • he threatens you if he thinks you might break
things off • at all times he needs to know where you
are, what you
're doing and thinking so he can control your thoughts and behavior • doesn't want you to get an education because you'll realize you don't need him anymore and break up •
worst of all, you have to bring him beer and a sammich
I do not want to
be the tyrant that waves a hand with anger or
fear or hate only to cause more
bad things.
The Taliban, who now appear to
be world wide keep popping up to kill a few people the list
is endless and our whole lives
are covered by mistrust of anyone as we
fear the
worst in all
things.
I
fear being cooped up in the snow with an entire skillet full of cookie
is a
bad,
bad thing.
The second
thing you should know
is that in spite of your
fears and / or
bad past experiences, you too can bake with yeast.
There
's nothing inherently
bad about
fear or failure — they can
be a really good
things.
My
fear is that the online supporters
are making
things worse with how they talk about young Arsenal players not fulfilling potential and not improving going forward under this regime.
Moving on from it all for this season i
fear for
worst to come next season (just had a deja vu i say the same
thing every season around this time) City already
are talking spending 600 Million in the next two to three years on new players and you can bet Man - U will follow to try and close the gap, Liverpool can sell one player and buy an entire squad, Chelsea owner Abromovich has started to make noise's about next season so they will
be spending, spuds will try to keep their existing players with one or two additions to strengthen and some salary rises to keep the elite, and Arsenal will go head to head with the likes of Burnley Everton Leicester for average players signature, and the board will make sure even if they replace AW they will replace him with AW No2 who will do what the board decides on who and how much to spend
The
worst thing is the liberal media have
been all week whipping up
fear that English fans will not
be safe in Russia.
But the
worst thing possible
is for Wenger to get a contract extension and I
'm fearing it might happen.
i really
fear that
things might get
worse, we finished 5th and all we signed
are two players...
are we now stronger than the teams which finished above us?!
But if
things are going well, he
's a guy the other team has to
fear because he
's so talented and he wants so
badly to beat you....
The
worst thing about the draw, in my opinion,
is the fact that we have to play away but here come the positives: First of all the Gunners seem to
be playing well and hitting form and after the way we played away to beat Man City recently we should have no real
fear.
The summer proved our
worst fears right, though, and the start of the season gave us all that horrible sense of deja vu, but perhaps the pessimism
was a bit presumptious because
things have improved.
«It
's probably a loss - aversion
thing, where the
fear of getting a
worse contract because of a slump in form outweighs the hope of an improved contract either at their current club or a new team after good performance.»
Relatedly, I also find myself (in the real world mainly, but to some extent even in an anonymous forum like this) worrying excessively about saying the wrong
thing about any identity position for
fear of
being shamed or
worse (so much so that I tend not to talk about identity issues with people who occupy those identities (when they
are not my own), which isn't a solution either).
Groups can pressure, judge, shame and blame people into
things that
are unhealthy — like staying in a
bad marriage out of
fear of
being shamed (not to mention communities that
are dangerous cults, but that
's a different conversation).
Fear not though, their drool actually contains a lot of bacteria killing enzymes so it
's no
bad thing to get it on their toys or other surfaces they
're interacting with.
I
'm not so sure
fear of litigation regarding birth outcomes really
is a
bad thing.
My son now has seven teeth and a few more attempting to come in and YES he has bit me multiple times and every time he does I feel like my heart has stopped because I
fear another chunck of skin will
be removed from my breasts, but it has not
been so
bad and he seems to
be a lot more gentle with his jaws than my daughter
was... and bonus, we no longer have a cat to scare the pants of my children by knocking
things over (R.I.P Ozzy) he will
be missed but not by my breasts haha!!
It
's the
fear of these
things that make parents so susceptible to marketing, spending (often wasting) money on the latest gadgets and basically living our lives doing everything we can to prevent something
bad, and encourage something good happening to the little people entrusted to us.
Telling women in general that
being raped
is the
worst thing that could ever happen to them serves to perpetuate a climate of
fear.
It
's not that
things were worse in the late 70s into 1980, but the
fear carried a bigger hammer and there
was less certainty on what could
be done to recover.
Investigative reporter Bob Woodward has said that the
worst thing we have to
fear as Americans
is secret government because in darkness, democracy dies.
«Famed writer Bob Woodward once said the
worst thing we have to
fear as Americans
is «secret government because in darkness democracy dies.»
Death
is not necessarily something to
be feared and avoided at any cost; some
things are worse.
Phil: Maybe so, but in the 21st century, I think, [the]
fear is that it will
be worse because we have global travel, airplanes, people
are going back and forth all the time, we ship animals across nations, so
things move around very, very, fast now, and once they get out, if you don't spot it in time, they get out and they can really take off.
The
worst thing that can happen
is that your
fears come true, and you
are the one woman on the planet that gets huge muscles after a couple of strength building workouts.
The
worst thing one can do in the winter,
is fear weight gain.