1. Fear Friend or Foe?

2. Fear an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat Difference from phobia: an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

4. Distractions…. With a phovia, the fear becomes in of itself its own entity http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249347.php In the industrial nations, phobias are the most common kind of anxiety disorder. Over 50 million people in the USA and 10 million in the UK are thought to live with a phobia. The National Institute of Mental Health estimated in 2011 that between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans of all ages suffer from phobias. A much higher percentage of women suffer from phobias than men.

5. Fear of leaving a safe place. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. Apiphobia- Fear of bees. Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.

6. Lady Gaga and the Life of Passion 1. Think about your own ambitions: a. are they different from your childhood? b. anything in common? 2. What does it mean to complete yourself? 3. Confidence: what makes us confident? 4. How can we master expressing ourselves outwardly by constructing ourselves inwardly? 5. The importance of vocation: what is our calling? 6. Do we fear control? → To be passionate is to put yourself in danger. What kind of danger? 7. The importance of imagination: open up possibilities and understand our emotional history 8. How does fear of others’ opinion affect us? 9. How does fear act like a fog? 10. Unique vs. duplicate 11. Who would you be and what would you do if you weren’t afraid?

8. So what are we to do with Fear? 2 Timothy 1:7 1 John 4:18 Psalm 56:3-5 Isaiah 41:10