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Fear or the presumption of fearing something is our natural survival mode kicking in. The brain will recognise situations which it feels is going to injure, cause damage to oneself. If we have had an experiance which the brain has had to deal with which has in effect frightened us or has injured us then the brain uses the "fright or flight" process. This has been instilled in our behaviour since early in our existance.

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