When fear takes hold of ordinarily sensible people, it has the potential to lead to bad decision-making.
There will be bad decision-making in a society where there is too much fear because there would be no rational reasoning and people will be depressed.
Fear has long been established by social scientists as a motivator for people to band together in order to amass power and resources to confront or conquer their fears.
"Once the brain's fear pathways are activated, it short-circuits more rational processing systems and reacts quickly to amygdala signals." When the brain is hyperactive, it perceives events as unpleasant and remembers them as such."
To summarise, fear causes people to become mentally consumed, which is harmful to their mental health and decision-making process.
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