One of the strongest negative emotions of a person is fear. Attitude to fear is ambivalent. On the one hand, this feeling drives progress, and on the other, it is the most destructive force that shortens a person’s life at times.
What is fear really? Fear arises precisely when a person is in a situation that threatens his existence, socially or biologically. Scientists believe that the feeling of fear is inherent in nature. This mechanism serves as a kind of warning about an imminent danger and allows you to focus on finding a way out of this situation. However, fear may also be unfounded. For example, when a person is in a state of expectation before unknown events.
Any person has a life experience that consists of both positive and negative experiences. Each time you have to experience something negative, it leaves a certain imprint in the subconscious. When such a negative experience is repeated, but also reinforced by the need to repeat unsuccessful actions, then the fear of failure is strengthened and fixed. For example, why is there an opinion that the home team has a much better chance of winning a football match? Because there is information - your own field, your own country, etc. This means information, awareness helps to overcome fear. If the players are well informed about their rivals, the conditions of the match, about the customs and customs of the country, then in their minds there simply will not be room for fear and anxiety.
Interestingly, some scholars view a sense of wonder as a form of fear. They believe that surprise sometimes arises under the same circumstances as fear. When a person is surprised, he focuses on the causes of the unusual phenomenon, and a sense of fear makes him look for ways to avoid the threat. And if both of these feelings are connected in this way, then the transfer of emphasis and attention from the results of the event to its causes will overcome the most negative emotion in the world - fear.