They Say Fear Decreases and Inhibits Creativity – I Disagree!
Many people believe that FEAR decreases creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In fact, there have been many psychological research studies on this, which would seem to indicate that this is indeed factual. However, judging from my own personal experience I disagree, and I’ve actually found that in times of fear my creativity goes up, and my ability to reason and innovate also becomes hypersensitive, and to me the difference is like night and day.
The only thing that I can reason is that those who have been seasoned athletes respond to fear in a different way. Other people explain that when they get frightened, they make mistakes, say the wrong thing, or cannot perform, in sports we call this; choking. Many people who are seasoned speakers, say that a little fear helps them speak better, and many actors say the same thing. Even performers on Broadway believe this to be the case.
Still, the psychological studies show that this isn’t the case for everyone, and for most people and that fear decreases brain activity, inhibits your ability to reason and think on your feet. That may be so, but it certainly isn’t for me, and I can tell you that any really good athlete or superstar likes to have a little bit of fear prior to competition. And you will find that in the heat of battle that fear helps their brain to focus, and get the job done.
In fact, I have noted that when I compete in sports, and feel an adrenaline rush coming, I am more than hyperaware, everything is crystal clear, and I can remember it as if it was yesterday – even events which I competed in over two decades ago. Therefore, I completely disagree with the findings, and I think the academic researchers are finding too many weak individuals in society to study when they do these tests, and I have a theory on this.
The superstars of humanity are busy doing stuff, and the depressed individuals who cannot perform under pressure, generally can’t perform any way, they have low self-esteem, and since they are not doing anything they are available to help with the test and research. The winners and doers in our society are too busy doing and wouldn’t dream of participating in some clueless and senseless psychological study in some pseudo science. Until the academic psychological researchers figure this out, they are completely misreading the human psyche. Of course, from my research and study of these types of researchers, that doesn’t surprise me one bit. Please consider all this.
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