Fear is an emotion that is a product of one's
own thoughts. Due to the fact that the content of these thoughts includes "danger", fear reaction is
exhibited. Thus, different individuals who are exposed
to similar situations may give different reactions
as a result of their differences in thought. On
the other hand, since usually people in fear do not
know that their reactions are caused by their own
thoughts, they do not look for an efficient coping
style and consequently crisis is experienced, accompanied
by feelings of helplessness. The experienced
crisis may increase the number of avoidant
acts and lead to a deprivation in the obtained
pleasure in life. On the other side, those people
who question their thoughts that are developed in
fear evoking situation and who do not escape from
these situations may reduce their fear, and in due
course they gain some important skills and show
significant improvements like increasing their selfesteem
and self-efficacy.