Awareness

In the time it took between when you clicked on the link to this article and when the page actually loaded, you almost certainly used your lungs. There are very few things you use more frequently than your lungs, as they are responsible for moving air in and out all day long, day after day.

Fear is an emotion. It usually kicks in when somebody senses a threat. Phobia is just the fancy Greek word for “fear.” Psychologist shop-talk usually defines phobias as the “excessive or unreasonable fear of an object, place or situation.

The world is a diverse place. Over 7 billion people spread out across 196 countries and speaking over 6,500 languages — and yet I’ve never heard a single one of them make the bold, outlandish claim that they enjoy going to the dentist. Not one!