Sometimes fear is equated with cowardice, but it is not. It appears regardless of the will of the person and becomes a barrier that must be overcome (taken under control), committing bold deeds. The ability to manage your fear is important for every person, not just firefighters, doctors and those whose professions are directly related to the manifestation of courage and self-control.
Courage and fearlessness
In the generally accepted understanding, courage is associated with such characteristics as fearlessness, courage, heroism, valor and courage. Psychologists define courage as the ability to act quickly in dangerous situations (both for life and for health) to achieve the goal.
Courage is a sign of good character that makes people worthy of respect. The enemy of courage is the fear of failure, loneliness, humiliation, success, public speaking. And in order to keep your psychological state in balance in extreme situations, you must be able to resist fear.
The Soviet psychologist, Platonov K.K., identified 3 forms of fearlessness: courage, courage and courage. A brave man achieves the result in any situation, consciously imagining all its danger. Otherwise, it happens to brave people: they enjoy danger and emotional experiences. As for the brave man, then, according to the definition of a Soviet psychologist, for such a person, a sense of duty is above fear.
Fearlessness and courage are the antipodes of fear, which must be educated in yourself in order to achieve success and victory. Moreover, fearlessness should be understood as the ability to control behavior when you feel a sense of fear.
Courage Training
The human body reflects his inner experiences. The image of a timid personality looks bewildered: an insecure gait, lack of gesticulation during a conversation, stoop and a lowered look. Therefore, to train in oneself overcoming fear is necessary not only to achieve goals, but also to form a beautiful body.
Training begins with overcoming small fears. Is there a fear of public speaking? Then start by speaking to friends. When this will be easy to get, gather a group of more, for example, about 20 people, and speak in front of them until you get used to not being afraid.
If there is a panic in communicating and getting to know girls, start a conversation with your grandmothers or try smiling at the street you like.
Proverbs about courage, which will help the young person to cope with the first excitement, can become the first training for young students. Here are just a few examples: “He who goes forward does not take fear”; "He who dares is whole"; "The courage of the city takes" and others.
Fearlessness formula
Courage is the ability to act against fear, to overcome which it is necessary to have certain qualities:
- Self-mastery is the ability to suppress exciting emotions and act wisely.
- Focus and calculation. These qualities help to find the optimal resolution in the situation and notice all the subtleties of the circumstances.
- Mobilization of forces - the concentration of internal reserves, followed by a flash of energy aimed at fighting, courage, courage .
- Confidence is the ability not to panic and to realize that everything in this world is solvable, all obstacles are overcome and there is nothing to fear.
Courage without fear is insanity
Fear in assessing unsafe situations is common to all sane people. This is a protective reaction of the body that occurs in a dangerous state of affairs and generates an emotional outburst that sends impulses to the brain about the need to avoid threats. Fear paralyzes the will, making us defenseless and unable to resist.
There are no fearless people. Recall at least the comedy "Striped Flight" when a character, refusing to enter the cage of predators - tigers, said: "I'm not a coward, but I'm afraid."
A brave man is still not fearless, but taking a risk, knowing in advance all the danger of the situation. But the ability to overcome the feeling of fear and fear is considered courage.
Thus, courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to control emotions, manage yourself, your actions, actions when you feel anxiety.