Middle School
Worksheets
Fear: Healthy or Unhealthy?
Most people are afraid of something. Some are more fearful than others, but very few people have no fears at all.
Some fears are a natural mechanism to protect us from danger. For example, we have a healthy fear of stepping out onto a road full of traffic or jumping off a rocky cliff. Our minds are designed to give us some natural instincts so that we don't do things that would harm ourselves.
Sometimes, though, people suffer from unnatural or unfounded fears. These are sometimes referred to as phobias. According to the dictionary, a phobia is a "persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it."
