KORKU: SEBEPLERİ, SONUÇLARI VE BAŞETME YOLLARI

Öz

Korku kişinin kendi düşüncelerinin sebep olduğu bir duygudur. Bu düşüncelerin içeriğinde "tehlike" olduğu için korku reaksiyonu verilir. Bu nedenle aynı durumla karşılaşan değişik kişiler, farklı düşünceleri neticesinde farklı reaksiyonlar verebilirler. Ancak çoğu zaman korkuyu yaşayan kişiler bunun kendi düşüncelerinden kaynaklandığını bilmedikleri için etkili bir çözüm üretme yoluna gitmezler ve çaresizlik yaşayarak, korkularını kriz boyutlarına taşıyabilirler. Yaşanan bu krizler de kaçınma davranışlarını arttırarak hayattan zevk alma potansiyelini azaltırlar. Öte yandan, korku hissini yaratan ortamdaki düşüncelerini sorgulayan ve bu ortamdan kaçmayan kişiler, bu duygularını yenmeleri sonucunda hem önemli beceriler kazanırlar hem de kendilerine olan güven ve yeterlilik hislerinin artması gibi anlamlı gelişmeler gösterirler.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Korku
• kaygı bozukluğu
• kaçma
• kaçınma
• başetme yolları.

Fear: Causes, Consequences, and Ways ofCoping

Abstract

Fear is an emotion that is a product of one's own thoughts. Due to the fact that the content of these thoughts includes "danger", fear reaction is exhibited. Thus, different individuals who are exposed to similar situations may give different reactions as a result of their differences in thought. On the other hand, since usually people in fear do not know that their reactions are caused by their own thoughts, they do not look for an efficient coping style and consequently crisis is experienced, accompanied by feelings of helplessness. The experienced crisis may increase the number of avoidant acts and lead to a deprivation in the obtained pleasure in life. On the other side, those people who question their thoughts that are developed in fear evoking situation and who do not escape from these situations may reduce their fear, and in due course they gain some important skills and show significant improvements like increasing their selfesteem and self-efficacy.

Keywords

• Fear
• anxiety disorders
• escape
• avoidance
• ways of coping.

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