Pepe works as a cartel hitman in Columbia.
Do one thing everyday that scares you series#
The Channel 4 documentary series Inside the Real Narcos interviews many characters like “Pepe” (not his real name). People of the past aren’t the only ones we should make comparisons with - the chances are you don’t live in one of the most dangerous countries in the world many of which are mired in war and terrorism, however, hundreds of millions do. In comparative terms, it’s absurd how much easier life has become. For those with more money, the biggest worry is their stock portfolio, interest rates, or home going down in value. In comparison, today, the current global panic is around energy prices and not being able to switch the heating on. There was reason to be worried about dying from tuberculosis or many other incurable diseases if you were born just a few generations ago.
This means we live nearly twice as long compared to only 100 years ago. The likelihood of dying at birth, in an accident, of disease, or from war has plummeted. Steven Pinker and Hans Rosling both wrote books about how we are living in the safest time in human history. She’s now suffering from various ailments that are preventing her from going outside, how many of these are psychological or not, I couldn’t say.ĭoing one thing every day that scares you and living in fear are two very different things. She’s always been risk averse and somewhat of a germaphobe, and the pandemic (but more aptly, the news media) sent her into panic-overdrive. I work with someone who hasn’t left her home since the covid pandemic began. This is arguably the worst type of fear to have in our life. This is very different from how lingering anxiety behaves caused by a stressful job, depression, social/news media, or an unhappy relationship. The good thing about this type of fear is it vanishes after we’ve done the thing we were nervous about and it’s replaced with a positive sense of achievement. It means we’re changing our routine and leaving our comfort zone. The eight types of fear (starting from least to most intense) are trepidation, nervousness, anxiety, dread, desperation, panic, horror, & terror.Ĭlearly, we don’t want to fill our lives with terror, panic, and anxiety, however, a certain amount of trepidation and nervousness can be good as it normally precedes something we’re not used to doing.
Within this core emotion, there are eight types with varying degrees of intensity according to an article published on Simply Psychology. There are between 9 and 12 core emotions according to discrete emotion theory. There’s good fear that keeps you alive and there’s bad fear that stops you from living your life. The thought of jumping off a ten-storey building is scary but isn’t an advisable thing to do. But it’s worth defining what “scares” means. As with “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, the general sentiment of doing one thing every day that scares you is a good one. The Internet would have you believe it was Eleanor Roosevelt, however, there’s no supporting evidence. It’s not clear who first said “Do one thing every day that scares you”.
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