This approach begins with awareness. As we have seen, fear can be preconscious, we can react with fear before we are even aware of it, so becoming aware of our fears brings it into the realm of reason—on a biological level, this means transferring control over our responses from the primitive amygdala to the more advanced prefrontal cortex, where we can modify our more primitive blind urges with the higher brain functions of reason, critical thinking, and a wider, more long-term perspective, tempered with human kindness and compassion. Part
