Fear is said to produce a flight or fight response, but it can also produce a state of paralysis .
Fear in pure form is always evidenced by powerful physiological responses. In repressed form fear can be the cause of an immense amount of psychospiritual suffering. Once repressed fear is implanted in a person's subconscious he or she may be prepared to do and say things that they do not actually believe in. Those who harbour this kind of fear often become unconscious of their condition and turn against those who would challenge tyrants or other symbols of destructive authority simply in order to avoid once again being the target of that same authority figure.