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idontsuckthatmuch
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I came across an interesting viewpoint the other day: Everything is based on fear. Now, I'll bet you'll ask me to back up my claim. Okay, I will:

Why we sleep: Fear of being tired
Why we eat: Fear of being hungry
Why we go to school/work: Fear of not making a good living for ourselves
Why we do leisure activities: Fear of boredom

There are more, but I'm too lazy to list more.

One more thing: Should this be in the tavern or WEPR? If so, let me know.

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caffeine101
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired


no. we sleep because it is a natural human function. try to not sleep. see how far you go.
sambam
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I think this view is kind of crappy. I don't fear tiredness i am tired that's why i sleep

Graham
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Fear is more of a distressing emotion aroused by pain, or angst.

Ask yourself (OP) who decides your emotions; you or your peers?

dair5
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i think desisions, are based on whatever will make us the happiest. but i don't think things we do are based on fear.

Kasic
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired


Uh...no, I personally sleep because I feel like crap if I don't and because it feels nice to do...

Why we eat: Fear of being hungry


Again, no, I eat because I can't function if I don't, it has nothing to do with fear.

Why we go to school/work: Fear of not making a good living for ourselves


I certainly do NOT go to school because I fear that.

Why we do leisure activities: Fear of boredom


Okay...no.

This is ridiculous, you might as well say we do everything because some fuzzy purple panda bears tell us to.
iMogwai
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired


I'm not afraid of being tired. I'm tired a lot. I just prefer to not be tired. That, and I loooove to sleep.

Why we do leisure activities: Fear of boredom


Once again, it's no fear involved. It's not like I go around worrying about how I might get bored.

Fear has absolutely nothing to do with it. If anything, everything we do is based on that we want to feel as good as possible, which in turn may be based on our instinct to survive.

If we do everything we do because of fear, why do people sometimes do things that frighten them? Like dangerous sport, watch scary movies, etc. Most likely because of the adrenaline and excitement, which in turn can be used to prove that people may even feel good if they're frightened occasionally.
Graham
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This is ridiculous, you might as well say we do everything because some fuzzy purple panda bears tell us to.

Seems like he took a pessimistic view towards the human ultimate goal of satisfaction.
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired
Why we eat: Fear of being hungry
Why we go to school/work: Fear of not making a good living for ourselves
Why we do leisure activities: Fear of boredom


No sir/madame (what should I check)

We sleep because (as said) It is a natural function. We wouldn't work right without it.

We dont fear being hungry, we fear being dead because we didnt eat. Starvation can kill you.

Maybe the work one is mostly correct.

The leisurely activities we do isnt because we're scared of boredom. Its because We just have to have something to do, so if you've got free time, then enjoy it.
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired
Why we eat: Fear of being hungry
Why we go to school/work: Fear of not making a good living for ourselves
Why we do leisure activities: Fear of boredom

1) I need this or else I can't function; I don't fear being tired.

2) I like to eat because it satisfies my hungry. Well, if we don't eat then it'll lead to starvation then you'll die, I fear death.

3) I like to learn new things, if I had a job then I would like it since things require money in able to purchase them. I don't fear it.

4) I don't fear boredom; I do activities so that I am pleasured. I like to enjoy my time.
thebluerabbit
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i dont think this is true. we dont fear being tired. we just sleep because its natural. i guess its possible to be afraid of hunger but i think most people arent and again, we eat because its natural. the going to school one is kind of correct but it depends on the person really. and no one fears boredom.... we just dont like it.

lol for example. you could say we breath becasue we are afraid of dying. but we just do that wheather we are afraid or not. i dont think fear is that dominant in our lives.

MageGrayWolf
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Why we sleep: Fear of being tired
Why we eat: Fear of being hungry


we do these two things as a result of physiological responses rather then emotional ones.
Cenere
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we do these two things as a result of physiological responses rather then emotional ones.

More so, these can be triggered by emotions, or trigger emotions themselves.
Some people do eat because of an emotion, but this is mainly the feeling of happiness and safety rather than fear. This is also why it is easy to start eating too much, but very hard to stop again, since you get somewhat addicted to the relaxed happy feeling the food gives you.

Personally I have a very hard time sleeping if I fear something. Especially if it was even remotely related to sleeping. Fear makes you tense us and get very awake, which is really bad when you want to go to sleep, ask anyone stressed because of exam papers or having seen a horror movie of the good kind.
Rather, a nice cozy and warm bed will make you relax and sleep easier, even if you are not actually sleep deprived.

As for school work, it seems that would only go for people who does not do what they really want to. I am trying to get an educations so that I can do what I love for the rest of my life. This does take hard work, and some stress that I might not be good enough, but even if I had to live off nothing because of the education I have chosen, I would still work hard to learn and become better at my field, because I love doing it.
Really, I generally get really stressed and worried about my assignments and papers, and this often STOPS me from actually doing the work I need done, which is really counteractive.

And again, first of all, boredom is healthy to some degree. You really do need those moments where you have nothing to do, because that will kick start some kind of inspiration, motivation or action to make you stop getting bored. Or simply get yourself to do something else, more important.
Second, most people will do something they enjoy, or something they need to do, not because they don't want to be bored, but because they enjoy it or need to do it. Sure, boredom can kick you to do your homework, because you have nothing else to do, but I doubt it is the fear of it as much as boredom being really, really boring to deal with.

And just to get back to the horror movies: We watch them to get frightened, and get that jolt of adrenaline. We actually enjoy fear.
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there was no point in posting this here. it does'int ask a question, its a statement,a statement thats not accurate.

1)Why we sleep:because its natural (i dont fear it)

2) Why we eat: because again,its natural for someone to eat when they 're hungry

3) Why we go to school/work: to learn stuff. and so that i can earn money to buy food and stuff

4) Why we do leisure activities:to have fun

HahiHa
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Everything we do is based on inputs. Fear is the result of certain inputs. Why should it be the base for every action when it is itself at the same level than tiredness, hunger etc.?

idontsuckthatmuch
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There actually was a point of posting this here, I wanted to see if this viewpoint was correct or not.

I guess it really wasn't correct, but i liked Cenere's and HahiHa's answers the best.

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