Dr. Arash Javanbakt

But he also felt much less anxious the next few days after that.

I think this, when putting fear in real perspective, being exposed to what is really scary, allows us to put our false anxieties in perspective.

Absolutely, I agree with you.

Somebody chasing you with something looking like a knife in a haunted house is different than that happening on a street, on a dark street.

And that is what matters here is the context.

So contextually, we have a very contextual brain.

Our brain...

is advanced to process the context and put cues in context so that context allows you to know as you said you're safe number one number two you are in control sense of control is one of the most important things for reducing fear and anxiety and there are many ways i've talked about how

we can basically use that sense of control to reduce anxiety.

I mean, there are even researchers that where the same rats got the same number of shocks, two groups of rats, one group had a false perception that they are in charge of the shocks they get.

They were less stressed.

So absolutely, that feeling of safety.

So you rile up the animal inside, but the human knows we are safe and we are in charge and can enjoy the ride.

bravery is the ability to feel that fear but and do whatever you do with it and just move ahead anyway so bravery is a very complicated concepts because it's like it has so many layers because what is perceived as bravery is an action that we see from outside

Let's say I'm highly trained at, I don't know, a SWAT team member who is highly trained in self-defense feels much less scared if someone is about to rob them than I am.

Is that person more brave than me or is that person more trained and skilled than me?

Or how we perceive the threat.

An accurate threat perception is important in the sense of bravery.

If let's say I

I don't know about snakes.