Comments on: BEST OF 2009: ‘Fear of fear’ is such a downer

By: mrcommenter

mrcommenter — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:40:45 +0000

we have nothing to fear, but fear itself. so be very AFRAID! very AFFFRAAAAAAAAAAIIIIDD!

By: Medisoft

Medisoft — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:37:40 +0000

A broader age range for testing would have been good too, but I guess having a control group in about the same age might be good as well. And they had over 3 times the number of females in the test group, should have been about 50/50 in my opinion.

Anyway, interesting study, hope to hear more about it.

By: Justin White

Justin White — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:49:02 +0000

You are right man. Life is just to short to be scared. I mean really.

RT
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By: fearfactor

fearfactor — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:29:14 +0000

Big surprise here, that having your life ruined by a disorder that there is little good treatment for can somehow make someone depressed. I think there should be a study of just how many pointless, useless, psychology studies are done every year, and exactly how much money gets wasted on them. Money that could fund actual scientific studies, that look at the brain with PET scanners or other technology, so scientists can maybe learn actual factual information that might actually help someone suffering from an anxiety disorder. Polling 96 people about subjective information is riddled with problems and these researchers should be ashamed of themselves for continuing to take grant money for foolishness such as this study. The sooner the pseudoscience of psychology gets out of the research business, the better chances there might be for an actual treatment, or dare I say it, cure for anxiety disorders.

By: GEORGE

GEORGE — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:05:14 +0000

A friend of mine lived on the dark side for 30 years or so. (Drugs, prostitution, etc.) Several times she was in situations so dangerous she should have been killed When your fear screams “RUN!” or “HIDE!” or “TIME TO GO” or maybe just “SOMETHING’S WRONG – GET OUT” you can’t stop to think about it.
Now she’s afraid of being afraid. Can you blame her?

PS
PTSD also comes to mind.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:45:42 +0000

I have a touch of highwaydriving anxiety. It just hit me one day when on the road. Worrying about it can actually make it happen.

By: vzwpix

vzwpix — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:35:34 +0000

I have a touch of highwaydriving anxiety. It just hit me one day when on the road. Worrying about it can actually make it happen.

By: niceguyted

niceguyted — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:34:44 +0000

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

-Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
(from Frank Herbert’s Dune Series

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:34:59 +0000

Perhaps you mean that as a “joke”. Considering that depression is a greater debilitater than cancer there’s nothing funny about it. Worse it affects those around the victim – it’s almost like smoking. Even if the victim/smoker does survive the fallout around can be very bad too. It’s possible I got leukaemia via passive smoking, or from swimming in Dundalk Bay (a lot) as a child. 12% of East Louth people are coming up as leukaemia sufferers. That ain’t funny either.

By: metropicsringtones

metropicsringtones — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:52:48 +0000

now its going to make people afraid of becoming depressed