Every person has fear and this is the norm. But every person would like to get rid of it or at least hide it, because fear prevents them from living the way they want. Despite the fact that fear is a negative emotion and characterizes a person’s weakness, normal functioning of the psyche is impossible without it. What is the purpose of fear, why do we need it? Fear protects us from inappropriate behavior, helps us choose the right course of action, warns against dangers and if we If we learn to control ourselves, then fear will have a positive context - it will intuitively give answers in difficult circumstances or at a crossroads of two roads. In this case, one important piece of advice works - most of the negativity appears not from fear itself, but because of our attitude towards it. We need to change the perspective of this relationship. Behind any of our fears there is some kind of desire hidden, and if you find it, you can solve two problems at once: get rid of fear and finally get what you want. The advice in this case is to work with the subconscious and identify true and unrealized needs. If we do not recognize fear and move towards the goal only through willpower, then we can break through walls and achieve a lot. But! Sooner or later, a person encounters a wall that breaks through him on the spot, because willpower is a limited resource that ever runs out. There is a recommendation here that may sound strange, but if applied within reasonable limits, it helps a person. We must periodically allow ourselves to be afraid, since the emotional sphere is structured in this way - by suppressing negative emotions, we simultaneously suppress positive ones. If we work purposefully with our fears and study the nature of their occurrence, we will be able to form a resource or motive for taking actions out of fear. Fears that are repeated over and over again are the result of programming. They could have been “imprinted” into the psyche by their parents - perhaps in early childhood or even before birth. Parents who are overprotective of their children unknowingly instill fear in them. Let's say a mother lives in eternal fear that the child will fall or catch a cold, pinch his fingers, etc. Thus, she creates an image in her imagination, the so-called “elemental”, unconsciously feeds it with her thoughts and actions and ultimately forces this image materialize. Therefore, we need to remember that we are constantly creating our own reality, and therefore we need to reprogram our consciousness to the opposite negative meaning and repeat: “My child gets sick very little - no more than other children, if he falls or pinches a finger, he will gain personal experience , just like I received it.” Professor Yu. V. Shcherbatykh classified all fears into groups, which are presented for study and analysis in the table. Groups of fears Definitions Causes of occurrence Examples biological are reflexive or genetic in nature (in the first case, the danger is based on negative experience, in the second it is recorded at the genetic level; both cases control the mind and logic; they are caused by situations that threaten human life and health, natural or weather disasters. self-esteem, fear of public speaking, responsibility, social contacts, existential, associated with the essence of a person, his intellect, which is noted in all people, caused by reflection (reflection on issues that affect the problems of life, as well as death and human existence itself) fear of time, aging, death, and also before the meaninglessness of human existence