Halloween Fears And Phobias
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 14:49
in Psychology & Sociology
A recent article addressed the issue of children being frightened of costumed characters and some of the other fears they might experience. In some cases, this fear escalated into a phobia. However, comments like "fears likely helped our ancestors survive" generate more alarm than comfort to me. Besides being pretty obvious, it raises the question of why fear should be considered such a bad thing, especially for children. I can certainly understand that an unreasonable fear that has escalated all of out proportion and become debilitating can be problematic. I suspect that the vast majority of fears and phobias don't actually fall into that category. read more
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