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Irish
Lv 7
Irish asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

We are all born with two innate fears. Can you tell me what two they are?

Some people can adjust to them better than others, but none of us can ever shake them in our lifetime.

Update:

wil9ii9 has one of them. It's a fear of heights. The other one comes up more often than you think. Death is mentioned a lot but we are not born with this fear.

Update 2:

They are:

1. Fear of heights

2. A loud or sudden noise.

Thanks everyone for participating. I enjoyed your answers. Gave it to Wil, cause he had one of them.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Fear of the unknown. And maybe the fear of falling or the fear of heights?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In my opinion the 2 innate fears are:

    1. Fear of death (or the unknown)

    2. Fear of snakes

  • eko
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Adam Smith, said that we are all born with a fear of the <deep dark woods> . Death is the other.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hi Fellow-Irish,

    Fear of death

    For guys, anyway, it would have to be Fear of Commitment :)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The fear of being ignored. (this is natural)

    The fear of the unknown. Afterlife, for example. (this is caused by religious exploiters)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dying and living forever?

  • 1 decade ago

    fear of being in pain, the fear of being without love

  • 1 decade ago

    they are as individual as each person.

    mine are simply the fear of being insignificant and / or invisible,

    and seeing my children die.

  • 1 decade ago

    Death and Pain

  • 1 decade ago

    my guess would be fear of the dark and fear of death...do I win? lol

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