Sometimes fear is equated with cowardice, but it is not. It appears independently of the will of a person and becomes a barrier that must be overcome (taken under control) by doing bold deeds. The ability to manage your fear is important for every person, and 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 bravery. Psychologists define courage as the ability to act quickly in dangerous situations (both for life and he alth) to achieve a 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.
Soviet psychologist, Platonov K. K., singled out3 forms of fearlessness: courage, bravery and bravery. A brave person achieves a result in any situation, consciously imagining all its danger. It happens differently with brave people: they enjoy danger and emotional experiences. As for a brave person, according to the definition of a Soviet psychologist, for such a person a sense of duty is higher than fear.
Fearlessness and courage are the antipodes of fear that you need to cultivate in yourself in order to achieve success and victory. Moreover, fearlessness should be understood as the ability to control behavior when a feeling of fear is felt.
Courage training
The human body reflects his inner experiences. The image of a timid person looks confused: an uncertain gait, lack of gesticulation when talking, stoop and downcast eyes. Therefore, it is necessary to train yourself to overcome fear not only to achieve goals, but also to form a beautiful body.
Training begins with overcoming small fears. Have a fear of public speaking? Then start by speaking to your friends. When it becomes easy, gather a larger group, for example, about 20 people, and perform in front of them until you get used to not being afraid.
If there is a panic when talking and meeting girls, start talking to grandmothers or try smiling at the person you like on the street.
The first training for young students can be proverbs about courage, which will help a young person cope with the firstunrest. Here are just a few examples: "Whoever goes forward, fear does not take him"; "Who dares, he is whole"; "The Courage of the City Takes", etc.
Fearlessness Formula
Courage is the ability to act in defiance of fear, to overcome which you need to have certain qualities:
- The ability to control oneself - the ability to suppress exciting emotions and act wisely.
- Concentration and calculation. These qualities help to find the optimal solution in a situation and to notice all the subtleties of the circumstances.
- Mobilization of forces - the concentration of internal reserves, followed by a flash of energy aimed at the struggle, courage, courage.
- Confidence is the ability not to panic and realize that everything in this world can be solved, all obstacles can be overcome and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Courage without fear is madness
Fear in assessing unsafe situations is inherent in all sane people. This is a defensive 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 the threat. Fear paralyzes the will, leaving us defenseless and unable to resist.
There are no fearless people. Recall, for example, the film comedy "Striped Flight", when the character, refusing to enter the cage to predators - tigers, said: "I'm not a coward, but I'm afraid."
A brave person is still not fearless, but taking risks, knowing in advance the danger of the situation. But the ability to overcome the feeling of fear andfear and is considered courage.
Thus, courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to control emotions, control oneself, one's actions, actions when feeling anxious.
