Why Fighting Your Fears Is Complete And Utter Bullshirt.

Fight your fears!
Battle your demons!
Stand against the darkness that envelops you!

Yeah, yeah, we get it. To have fears is to be weak, to have anxious fears (i.e. unfounded, melodramatic, or unrealistic fears) is even weaker, and if you don’t stand up right this instant with a fear-tuned flamethrower and FIGHT THE LIFE OUTTA THOSE FEARS you’re a weakling who deserves to weak.

Sound familiar? Probably not in such baldfaced terms, but it’s definitely a Thing in western society (and possibly/pr...