Fear is by far the most misunderstood emotion. In our conventional wisdom it is regarded far less as an emotion, and far more as a sure sign of danger that justifies instant escape, dissolving our awareness of the fear by discharging its energy in action, one form of dissociation. Another is to regard a feeling as a fact that is equivalent to reality. Such a fiction, that feelings by themselves can identify and represent reality, is regarded as borderline in mental functioning. And yet we do it every day with fear. We use the emotion of fear as motive and justification for emotional, and even physical violence.

During Nazi’s Holocaust, some Jews could believe in their own inferiority. However, most of them were still not convinced, even after spending months or years in concentrations camps, that they were inferior in relation to the Arian race. Hence, behaviour of Holocaust victims was characterised by resistance and preservation of their original beliefs. Similarly, other nations did not buy the idea about one super race on Earth. Uncooperative behaviour of Holocaust victims and other nations undermined the spirit of Nazis so that it existence was limited by about 13 years. Resistance of Jews, disapproval of Nazism by other nations, and public trials (like Nuremberg process) made many Nazis grasp their heads in the astonishment and shock in relation to their past actions.

-Avoidance: This is the most common type of social psychological discrimination today. Some of it is done subconsciously, but it basically boils down to avoiding a particular group of people. Many people are aware of their tendencies to be uncomfortable around specific groups of individuals. If being around a group of homosexual males makes one feel uncomfortable, they are most likely to avoid this group whenever they can. -Tokenism: This phrase is best explained the common phrase “token black guy” which represents a sentiment of being the only person of color in a particular place due to the need for diversity. The idea of tokenism doesn’t only apply to races however. Many women report being treated as tokens in the workplace and feel that they were not hired based on their performance and qualifications alone. This form of social psychological discrimination can take place in almost any setting and is also very common.

This effect (falsification of memories) made leaders and organizers of Gulag Labour camps convinced that there were indeed numerous enemies, groups, and plots against the Soviet state. Hence, it is normal that modern Siberian FSB-KGB agents, who have developed under control of past mass Gulag murderers and who were never debriefed and explained the silly foundations of this hunt, are still under the influence of this decades-old mass paranoia. Inability of modern Russian leaders to have a clear view on silliness and primitivism of Stalinism further promotes existence of groups of Siberian agents who continue to murder civilians due to the fear of the insight (the “Aha” experience seems for them too frightful).

Viewed as an emotion, rather than a call to action, fear is most probably the learning emotion. It tries to be, doing what’s necessary to accomplish that role – except that we frequently insist upon using it in an entirely different way, most heinously to justify violence.

This expose of how we use fear doesn’t mean that nobody treats it differently. There are lots of people who have come to realize the enormous power-potential of learning more about them selves by exploring their emotional experience. Yet in that process of discovery, fear is the hardest emotion to feel without dissolving into impulsive panicky action to try and discharge it, to get rid of it. As many wise people have said, what we fear most is fear itself – perhaps more than anything else. It’s very difficult to study something we’re afraid of.

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