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A review by rsr143
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker
3.0
This book might save your life. Intuition is powerful, and our fear response is wisdom rising up from the depths to help us navigate the world. Unlike anxious and worried thoughts, real fear is a gift, and something to be paid attention to. Ironically, real fear readies the body and mind to act in ways that logic cannot compare with.
The book was most interesting for the stories of violence and deconstruction of the signs and signals that were present but go unheeded by people who have learned to ignore their intuition (which is great at detecting real danger) and jnstead live in perpetual worry (created by the mind) or mindlessness when they need not.
The book was most interesting for the stories of violence and deconstruction of the signs and signals that were present but go unheeded by people who have learned to ignore their intuition (which is great at detecting real danger) and jnstead live in perpetual worry (created by the mind) or mindlessness when they need not.