FEAR VS DANGER 
Having come this far to realize that fear is actually False Expectations Appearing Real and having realized that we are all born with an instinct of fear that can protect us from real danger, then why do we let our fear become a phobia? Fear is a positive emotion if it is used to protect us from harm. Why then, does the world at large, acknowledge fear to be a negative emotion?
The reason fear has been classified as dangerous is because it leads to stress, worry, and anxiety. Fear has been misunderstood to be danger but in reality, fear is not the actual danger. Danger is real while fear is imaginary. As long as we let fear create false expectations that make us worry that they are real dangers, fear will continue to be a major cause of our anxiety.
We need to learn to differentiate between fear and danger which is a big challenge in itself. Suppose we are scuba diving in the middle of a deep ocean and we suddenly see a big shark. Our instinctive fear should make us hit the surface rather than remaining in the depth within. Here, the fear has triggered a reaction to protect us from the real danger of the shark. But suppose we are afraid to go onto the beach because we think a shark will kill us, this is fear, not danger!