10,000 Years of Fear Freeing Oneself and the World from the Violence of Fear

by Schreiber, Dr. Russell

• ISBN13: 9798317812003
• ISBN10: 8317812006
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-11-11
• Publisher: BookBaby
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Summary

One of the areas of human study that is insufficiently explored is human fear and how fear has shaped the world we live in. The exploration in this book is just a beginning point and hopefully acts as an impetus for others to explore how fear may be a primary cause of the violence that exists on this planet. It is not quite as simple as it appears at first, and most people will say, of course, fear causes violence. I have found that the root reasons for fear causing violence are not to be found in economic, social, or historical development, but rather it is psychological—this is a case where the psychology of human beings is the
primary determinant of the human reaction to fear that has spawned our violent world.

My exploration has shown me that there is a maladaptive way human beings react to the emotion fear—there is a "glitch" in the human fear reaction. I will explain the underlying causes for this "glitch" and how it has caused the catastrophic, violent behavior of human beings toward one another.

Author Biography

Dr. Schreiber has over 40 years of experience supporting people in their process of inner growth. As a clinical psychologist with a PsyD, an M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, he
has explored fear in personal and group work in clinical settings. His psychological skills were honed as a clinical psychologist in private practice and as a staff psychologist supervising and training psychotherapists and interns at a large psychotherapy clinic in Northern California.

An important mistake he explores is that human beings fail to correctly understand the role of
fear in their lives. Humanity's intention has always been to get rid of fear. These attempts to get rid of fear, to bypass it, to distract from it and a host of other ways of dealing with fear, have missed the mark. His work has led him to explore fear deeply to understand its purpose and leads directly to self-understanding and self-compassion.

In current psychotherapy, the client, therapist, medical practitioners and pharmaceutical companies are each coerced to get rid of a patient's fear. This tendency has not produced an objective and useful understanding of fear, but rather has suppressed a real understanding of fear and causes fear to be acted out symptomatically and even violently.

Likewise, nations are led by politicians who use fear to maintain power and artificially demonstrate to citizens how they will stop fear by the development of armies and military weapons. These behaviors may stave off fear, but often result in violence or war.

A new way to work with fear is required if we are going to understand and transform the violence that fear breeds worldwide. Dr. Schreiber's work is concerned with teaching individuals and groups new respect and understanding of fear and prompts them to study it in themselves. This study can lead to greater self-compassion and compassion for others. Such self-study and understanding of fear can foster an alternative remedy to the violence that grips our planet.