The Mutation of Fear

Fear can be described as an emotional state induced by a perceived threat or the response to a threatening situation. Fear is a basic mechanism for survival. Responding to fear is using the ability to be aware of danger and either run or confront it, also known as the Fight or Flight response. 
Lately I realised that passivity and anger are also hidden fear. But, they are sometimes so subtle, that it takes effort and even self-analysis to realise it. 
Passivity and anger are two sides of the same coin. But they do not really look like fear, or how fear feels. 
Fear feels like an adrenaline take off, when one is threatened usually responds with either escaping the threat or facing it. It is a strong, energetic emotion that leads to action.
Obviously, when fear leads to passivity in the form of depression and introversion, or anger in the form of rage, something is not working properly. Fear induces action, not enclosure. 
What is wrong, then? Or, what has changed, or even mutated, the response to such a primary emotion?


To me, it is passivity in general. Blame it on colour TV, or on contemporary comfort, or on reasonable detachment from the ''real'' world via, everything, really, whether the net or beauty magazines. 
Passivity of the receptor, I would call it. Of course, we are highly opinionated. But, in the same time, the world revolves around itself, and so do we. We are well informed, we are well aware, but we don't really know what to do with knowledge and awareness, everything flashes before our eyes and vanishes.
Living our lives inside the passivity of the receptor is nice and cosy, when all is well. But when it comes to real threat, our unused  mechanism for survival does not know how to react, does not remember the flight or fight response. The mechanism is numbed and fear cannot express itself. It is there, but lurking in the back of the head, causing everything but action. 
I noticed it can leave you in inertia for days or weeks, lying on the sofa, watching the telly and eating amazing amounts of greasy food. I also noticed, when the ''depression period'' is over, it can wake you up into a state of rage, usually a self-directed rage, the utter annoyance for wasting so much time and energy into depression.
This mutated response to fear can do even worse, depression and rage are only two mild examples. It can play tricks to the mind, causing acute obsessions and phobias. It can also reveal itself through illness.
Fear is easy to induce. Everyone is afraid of something. It is a powerful tool. It is also an excuse to not take action, to not lose the comfort. I can not blame governments, ads and media alone, for fear is the feeling of the receptor, not the effector. We are afraid because we are afraid, mainly. Because we choose to be afraid instead of acting against it. 
This is a love blog, so some of you could be wondering, what the fuck is fear doing here.
The first thing I learned on therapy was that hate is not the opposite of love. Fear is. It's the way our neurons are built. Fear is a learning process for protection. Love is the reward of safety. Fear is instant, love is a way of living. We can't have them both in the same time. 
But, we can choose the way we want to live.