Reasons for Fear

Fear of Teasing

Teasing by Friends many times create Fear in Children.

Reasons for Fear

How Fear impinges on us?

• Not able to work in Groups
• Not able to Talk Freely.
• Feeling that I’m not as Smart as other Kids
• Don’t know how to interact with Others.
• Always a desire for the Elders to be around to feel comfortable.
• Always have a feeling of "Can’t Do This". This is too hard.
• What if I do something and if it goes wrong?

Fear for Snakes

In our Survey, we found that almost all the Participants had Fear for Snakes. Eighty percent of them were 'Extremely Scared' of Snakes.

Request you to share your views as to why people are so Scared of Snakes and is there any solution to overcome it?

Positions:

Due to its fast movement (3)
Can't identify poisonous snake (1)
Afraid of snake patterns (1)
Rarely visible reptile (0)
Learned as - Dangerous Reptile (4)

• Due to its fast movement

  due to its fast movement it can bite like in a striking speed
  16 Mar, 2011

   
  
  
• Learned as - Dangerous Reptile

  Its instilled in us - Snakes are Dangerous creatures
  9 Feb, 2011

   
  
  
• Due to its fast movement

  Its fast movement creates fear in people. If it has a slow movement, no one will be scared of it.
  9 Feb, 2011

   
  
  
• Can't identify poisonous snake

  Some of the snakes are poisonous. But we have less knowledge about the snakes. so we are afraid thinking that all are poisonous
  25 Jan, 2011

   
  
  
• Due to its fast movement

  I believe that due to rapid movement scare us because we make it harder and more intense shock.
  17 Jan, 2011

   
  
  

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Superstitions make us fearful to do any work.

Do you have or believe in any Superstition? How far these Superstitions make you fearful to do any work?

In our interaction below, Most of the participants informed that they believe in Superstitions though they agree that it is a baseless fear.

• no i dont believe in superstitions
  but sometimes i am afraid of it also
  i suggest that no one should be in the dark world of superstition.
  21 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• it keeps u back ,u can never progress if u belive
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• Actually there are lots of superstitions that make you hopeful and not fearful, like if you find an eyelash. Although, there are some superstitions which scare people (if you're crossed by a black cat)....
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• I BELIEVE IN FEW GOOD SUPERSTITIONS.THEY DON'T MAKE ME FEAR DOING ANY WORK.
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• I don't believe in superstitions but I believe in GOD.. But I hate superstitions !!!!!
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

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Parents - Use Fear As Convenient Tool

Generally, parents use fear as a convenient tool to manage the behaviour of their Kids. When nothing seems to work they use the ultimate tool of 'FEAR' to control them. For example- If you don't eat food, Bogeyman will take you away.
Please express your views.

Positions:

Agree (19)
Disagree (10)
Sometimes it is required (8)
Other Options (2)

• Disagree

  no because in this technological world it is absurd to believe in it
  21 Mar, 2012

   
  
  
• Disagree

  They make us more fearful
  21 Apr, 2011

   
  
  
• Disagree

  No the fear factor does not work on todays kids.Parents know it
  28 Mar, 2011

   
  
  
• Agree

  sometimes it is neceary because they think good for us and they are worried about us......
  28 Mar, 2011

   
  
  
• Sometimes it is required

  some times it is required because if they dont say that the children will not listen to them.
  27 Mar, 2011

   
  
  

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Why Fear of Exam?

Many children are afraid of exams.Why is that so? What do you think?

Positions:

Parents pressure (8)
Fear for less score (25)
Teasing by others (3)
All of the above (11)
Any other (6)

• Parents pressure

  parent pressure
  1 Apr, 2011

   
  
  
• Parents pressure

  1
  1 Apr, 2011

   
  
  
• Parents pressure

  parents pressurizes their children to score good marks and they have very high expectations that's creat fear of exam.Let the children to do that work of their choice.
  31 Mar, 2011

   
  
  
• Parents pressure

  HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF PARENTS PRESSURIZES THE CHILDREN & CREATE FEAR OF EXAM.PARENT SHOULD LET THE CHILD CHOOSE THE FIELD OF HIS/HER CHOICE.SO THE CHILD WILL TAKE MORE & MORE INTEREST & FACE THE EXAM CONFIDENTLY POSITIVELY SCORE MORE.
  30 Mar, 2011

   
  
  
• All of the above

  all of the above.
  But parents pressure is the worst of all.
  30 Mar, 2011

   
  
  

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Symptoms of Fear

What changes would you feel when you are afraid of something?

• When im afraid, my heart starts beating fast..
  13 Apr, 2012

   
  
  

• I just keep mum and try to run away from the place.
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• When I get afraid,I cannot talk anything properly.
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• I shudder when I am afraid
  
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

• When I am afraid I get goosebumps.
  11 Mar, 2012

   
  
  

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Resources - Citations - References

• Comic Characters and Pictures

  Comic Pictures were edited using Adobe Photoshop CS3. Cartoons were created in ToonDoo.

CRUNCH CORNER _ Our Mind is Stronger !!!

The confidence gained by a Person after overcoming his/her Fear helps him/her to think and act beyond his/her capacity. (The painting was created by one of the team members)