Something that I have been wondering about is if you truly have a choice in fear. In most cases I do believe you do have a choice. I believe fear is an illusion for the most part. If we tell ourselves that we are afraid of something before even stepping into a situation we will be afraid primarily because we have told ourselves that we are.
But what about a phobia of something that happens in real time. I think this would fall in line with fearing the unknown. Example being somebody breaking in to your house and you dont know their intentions. or a bug that you spot on your shoulder which once again you dont know its intentions.
So my question is how much of fear is optional? I do believe a lot of fears like the fear of heights, or a fear of water can be conquered. But on the other hand a lot of phobias seems to be situational and based off of the unknown. How can you possibly prepare yourself for something like that?
How much is optional? Or is it all an illusion?
