Fear... Is It Rational?

Fear is everywhere; it is something which is possessed by all people.  Our fears vary greatly from one person to the next; some individuals are afraid of things such as spiders and snakes, while others are afraid of things like sickness and death.  Some people, myself included, fear public speaking... some have a fear of failure.  There are some people who fear rejection, and some who fear commitment.  The list is endless.

As humans, I think that what we fear is based on what we are unsure of; on things that we see as different or unusual.  Saying this, I think that what we are afraid of is more so the idea of certain things rather than the actual things themselves.

My blog question for the week was this: "Do you think that your fears are rational?."  In all honesty, I truly don't know the answer to this question... I feel like our fears are more so real rather than rational, but then I wonder how it is possible for our fears not to be rational if they are real.  This is such a controversial question... one which I believe has no right or wrong answer.  Rational or not, though, fear is fear.