Tag: fears

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a certain stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to body or life.The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat , which in extreme cases of fear can be a freeze response or paralysis.