The fear

The conclusion that was made by Freud after several years of investigations is that the fear has no object at all. People are not afraid of anything. The fear is indeterminate and object-free.

But nobody doubts that the fear really exists. This phenomenon never tells lie to us.

From the time when psychoanalysis appeared the problem of the fear became the central problem of great importance. But of course, scientists haven't made the final conclusion on the problem of the fear. But the questions put by them gave a lot of reasons to investigate fear.

When we talk about fear it is impossible to say exactly what we are afraid of, because the fear appears without any reasons. But it doesn't mean that there is no reason at all and that there is no way out.

So the only conclusion that may be made is that the fear is not the reason but is the consequence of the psychological suffering. A person begins to suffer when he/she realises that there is no protection from the fear.

The fear is demonstrated in situations of the break of the usual life ritual and loosing the precious object.

Some scientists compare the fear with the sorrow of the lost illusions. And, according to them, the only treatment of fear is time. That is why to get rid of fear the regular creative work on symbolization, the search for the individual mechanism is necessary.

Sometimes people realise the reasons of their fears and phobias. But these reasons may be unknown.