What do you think would REALISTICALLY happen?

If I had no sense of fear, I'd probably end up dead LOL
I am a strong believer that there is a reason for my fear of driving. Like, being afraid protects me from something that could go wrong. I've gotten stronger about it in the past year to where I can drive but there are some days where I stop at the front door like... no, my intuition is saying something about this. So I'll walk or have my bf drive me instead xD

But yeah, without that fear I'd probably lack the caution that I believe protects me from harm. Or, maybe it really does just hold me back, and I'd be living a far better life driving all over the place and accepting that job that would require an hour commute >>

If you didn't guess, this is coming from a place of phobia I've always had haha
But yeah,
what about you?

well if you didn't have fear you wouldn't double think things, you'd just do them and that could lead to me getting in a lotta trouble.

Well, just because you may not fear something, that doesn't mean you can't rationalize what is and is not a good thing to do. Fear and self preservation are not mutually inclusive. You can have one without the other. I don't have to be afraid of heights to know that being up high can be dangerous and I need to use caution if I want to continue living. It wouldn't be good to die regardless of whether I fear death or not. I just wouldn't be able to do what I want if my life were cut short.

I honestly think I'd be able to do a lot more if I could remove the fear aspect.

Yeah, fear is adaptive, and I'd probably die without it because your rational mind can't take into account as many details as your intuition. But if I could magic away my social anxiety, it'd make my life a lot easier. And it'd make me a less generally palatable person but who cares about that?

@KDA Drew: oh so it's not rational.
What about death brings you dread? Do you prefer afterlife or no after life?

@KDA Drew: but if you're dead, you won't experience emotionlessness, soundlessness or anything. To experience nothing is still an experience. To have no subjective experience is death, and to me that's the only eternal rest we can have. What do you think about this argument?

So I'm actually afraid of the after life. More of this for eternity? No. Thank. You.
What's your preferred afterlife?

hope you don't mind me jumping in a bit late ^_^
for general fears/concerns, i think they're all right to have. they tend to make us cautious and keep us safe. but anxiety & phobias are a bit different lol. i wouldn't get rid of a sense of fear, but if i could i would absolutely get rid of my phobia. it's been holding me back for a decade and i'm exhausted.
i guess it's the difference between feeling afraid vs being unable to actually live my life. feeling afraid sometimes is ok for me, it's a normal human emotion. but i'd like to be able to eat at restaurants again and be able to walk around the store for more than 10 minutes without feeling like i'm gonna die, lol