It’s shockingly effective! I’m no cognitive scientist but I think it’s hardwired so the response is almost reflexive and if you layer fear then the higher mental processing gets distracted.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
It’s shockingly effective! I’m no cognitive scientist but I think it’s hardwired so the response is almost reflexive and if you layer fear then the higher mental processing gets distracted.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
Frank Herbert, Dune