Growing up I heard terms such as scared to death or scared me to death and I

would ask myself could that really happen. In researching for this paper I’ve

found many cases of fear causing death or near death experience. In this paper

I will refer to evidence I’ve found too better explain the negative effects fear

may have on the human mind and body.

Fear is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary “as an emotion of alarm and

agitation caused by the expectation or realization of danger; extreme reverence

or awe, as toward a supreme power.” The medical and psychological definitions

from the Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary are as follows: “Fright, dread.

Primitively, the emotional reaction to an environmental threat.” Fear may also

because he feared his physical well being. He imagined he had been shot and he

dentist to have some baby teeth removed. She screamed hysterically in the

of her past experience, she had a fear of that situation which resulted in her

heart attack and was immediately taken to the hospital. There, she died two

Can thinking you’re dying cause you to die? An article written by Hereward

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