In its more intense forms, the feeling of fear is accompanied by a quickening of the pulse, a widening of the eyes, and a sharpening of the senses. False Expectations Appearing Real. The thing I fear most is fear. Nothing is terrible except fear itself. The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.
Seldom do we do the thing we fear, so we seldom discover whether or not our projection of disaster was accurate. In fact, when we don't do the thing we are afraid of, we breathe a sigh of relief as though it actually would have taken place . It is a vicious circle. When we feel fear, we look around for something to fear. The fear grows, our perception of the world darkens, and it becomes an increasingly terrible place.