The Phase of Fear
The emotion of fear does not occur as an isolated, independent event. It is not totally separate from other emotions. Fear is a momentary phase in a series of continuous emotional changes. The stage of fear occurs as a body's emotions rapidly proceed in various ways as a reaction to stimuli in its brain. This stage quickly overlaps and blends with preceding and succeeding stages
Fear starts as discomfort, then becomes apprehension. The following phases are foreboding, dismay, consternation, distress, dread, fright, alarm, trepidation, anxiety, startle, shock, fear, terror, horror, and panic.
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When a particular phase or moment becomes manifest, one of four changes occurs:
1. the emotion extends to the next phase
2. the emotion reverts to the previous phase
3. the emotion stays at the present phase and increases
in intensity.
4. the emotion stays at the present phases and decreases
in intensity.