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title: "5 Things You Never Knew About Fear"  
description: "The only thing you have to fear is fear itself … in which case you are suffering from phobophobia, the fear of fear. Here's some facts about fear"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1689/5-things-you-never-knew-about-fear  
category: "mental health"  
tags: ["Mental health", "fear", "fear facts", "things to Know", "health", "anxiety"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 Things You Never Knew About Fear

![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/732ef626-7695-4600-a8dc-e30c6473c5dd.jpeg) ![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/1d76a9dc-7ce8-4b69-9a62-47e0bd31536f.jpeg) Fears are not caused by one, big, scary event. ![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/b916de47-717d-431e-b08b-3adea20f2360.jpeg) Certain fears are universal across cultures. There is a very strong relationship between age and the types of fears ![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/3e2b4205-ad2e-47e4-afec-e2fdb8013f94.jpeg) Individuals with anxiety disorders experience normal fear responses to scary situations. ![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/e6e2e09d-98f0-4106-915e-0697f6292eca.jpeg) Anxiety in childhood is normal. If you are anxious in childhood, you most likely will outgrow it. ![5 Things You Never Knew About Fear](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0e265cf2-5be7-493e-b34b-66de07db55c3/images/2314367c-5655-4787-8413-119d910ecee1.jpeg) Fearless individuals do not have normal fear responses to scary situations. Fearless people are fearless, even during scary situations.

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