Monsters
Introduction
Everyone has something they fear in life. Like monsters, anything that causes someone to experience fear can be equated to a monster. This paper delves into fears experienced by people, and the use of the phrase monsters shall be used to symbolize diverse types of fears experienced in life.
Fear is described as a feeling that is induced by seeming danger (Essau, Cecilia). It is also described as a threat faced by organisms that trigger changes in metabolism and the functions of organs. As a result, organisms experience behavioral change. When this happens, there is fear which manifests itself in several ways which may include fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived danger or thereat.
Fears as monsters.
The concept of cause and effect suggests that similar things or actions will give rise to comparable results. Thus, if certain things or events will cause fear, the same way real monsters would, then those things or events are just like real monsters. Things that cause fear may be regarded as monsters because everyone would ordinarily fear them. Even though some people don’t believe in the existence of monsters, there is a consensus that the thought of monsters causes unease and fear in people. The reason why some people dispute the existence of monsters is to avoid the fear that comes with belief in their existence.Thus, this paper addresses different types of fears which are symbolically referred to as monsters.
The first monster is Aerophobia. This is the fear of flying (Brown, Duane 163). It is experienced by those people who cannot travel by airplane. They are not necessarily in of fear heights, but specifically, they fear flying in planes, the fear of heights is common. This kind of fear is known as Acrophobia (Brahnam, Sheryl, and Lakhmi C Jain 50 ). Acrophobic people fear passing through bridges, climbing on trees, or looking down the window in tall buildings. If subjected to such activities, they feel like they are encountering a monster.
The fear of thunder and lightning is also common to many people. Some people literary hide under the beds when lightning illuminates. The sound of the thunderstorms makes it even worse. This kind of fear is referred to as Astraphobia (Latta, Sara L 40).In most cases, people who don’t experience certain fears find those who do as abnormal. On the other hand, victims of fear wonder why others don’t get frightened.
Therefore, the concept of fear is interesting and complex at the same time. Scientists explain that the amygdala, organs found in the limbic system, are responsible for perceiving threatening events. They then send and a signal trigger generates the feelings/emotions of fear. The body responds by setting off evasion activities. As opposed to the brain, emotions cause funny and unique behaviors. The limbic brain plays the role of selecting such emotions to cope with threatening events in life ("An Unbalanced Autonomic Nervous System Leads To Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobias, Bipolar Disorder And Even Addictions & Depression").
Considering that fear involves a brain process, it is difficult to resist it. It is involuntary and as a result automatic. When a person is exposed to a situation that causes fear to them, it is often difficult to resist being frightened. Sometimes people are embarrassed when they appear frightened by things that should ordinarily not cause fear. A good example is the fear of cats which is commonly known as Ailurophobia.
Even though it is hard to resist the fear of monsters, some people suggest that it is possible to overcome them. For example, people who fear thunderstorms eventually overcome that fear when they get exposed to them over a long time. This suggests that the brain can register things that were previously seen as dangerous or harmless. For instance, those people who fear cats may overcome that fear after a lengthy period of interactions with the cats. In the process, they are likely to overcome that fear.
Fear being a mental issue may last for a short or a prolonged period. In some cases, fear becomes something worse in that it may lead to a lack of appetite or sleep and ultimately affect your health (Walsh, Lynne 10).
Conclusion
In conclusion, fear is very common among people. There is a big probability that everyone has something they fear in life. As noted in the paper, most people would fear encounters with monsters. For this reason, the paper suggests that anything that can cause fear to a person is a monster. Just as monsters kill people in movies, fears may cause serious problems to people. Equally, movies depict that monsters too can be defeated. This also applies to fears in life.
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