Portuguese work about fear for the Erasmus + project: Happy people will change the world

1. Our Emotions: The FEAR
Portuguese partners: Alzira Ferreira, Elsa Gomes, Manuela Vieira

2. The fears
1 st step
• Let’s express our fears
• Body map (the youngest
children- primary school)
• Identify the part of your
body where you feel
fear
• What is the colour of
the fear?

3. The fears
Cloud
. The oldest children
(average 15 years old)

4. The fears
. Write their fears in a cloud
shaped paper and put it in a “big
cloud”

5. The fears
2nd step
Viewing a film about fear
https://youtu.be/awdO2ihFcKs
Discussing the topic
. Why do we feel fear?
. How to overcome fear?
. Can it be positive?

6. The fears
2nd step
With the youngest children
. We applied the method of philosophy with children
– Mathew Lipman
. Viewing the film
. Students rise questions about the topic
. Discussing / debate of the questions
. Summary
.

7. How to overcome my fears
Speaking about fear
What is it?
• Normal biological reaction of protection and welfare
What we feel when we are affraid?
• Heart beat
• Sweating
• Shaking (…)
Types of fear
• Rational
• Imaginary
Mindfulness activities
THE FEARS
• Our brain does not
distinguish real fears
from imaginary fears
• Train our minds to
replace negative
thoughts whith
more positive ones

8. Thinking about
their fears
How to overcome my fears
Developing skills / tools
1. Compare their fears when they were little
children with their current fears
 They state they have overcome most of the
fears of the past.
 They think over on what they have done to
lose those fears…
 They think about what they are afraid of
nowadays?
2. Develop a scale and a thermometer of fear
 Draw up a list, naming all the things they
would like to do in their life, but they are
afraid to try.
• Organize items from the
least scary to the
scariest
• Evaluate the fear they
feel from 1 to 10

9. How to overcome my fears
Thinking about and giving true answers
to themselves:
• How often have I deprived myself of going
through incredible experiences just
because of fear?
- Fear of heights
- Fear of getting lost
- Fear of exposing myself, my ideas
- Fear of expressing my feelings
- Fear of speaking in public
- Fear of failure (…)
2 options :
• Become opressed by fear and get paralyzed or
• Take control of our life, our mind, our fears
Look inside of me
Look at my feelings
Look at my decisions
What would have
happened if I had:
• sent that message?
• made that trip?
• expressed my
feelings?

10. How to overcome my fears
 4 steps to
scatter fear
away
3. Overcoming Fears
• Because of fear we sometimes get paralyzed and are
unable to make decisions in our life or even think clearly
 What can be done to overcome those fears and make
importante decisions in our life?
We must face our fears and make decisions:
“What about… leaving everything behind and going on an
exchange trip?”
Situations / Decisions to take Aroused fears
Make an exchange trip Leave the familiar environment
behind / fear the unknown
Change job /school Do not be successful /failure
Participate in a theater group /
be a journalist, blogger
Speaking in public
Holidays in other countries Flying / travelling by plane
What if i had … ?
What about... ?

11. How to overcome my fears
1 – DEFINE
(negative consequences)
2 – AVOID
(How to prevent something from
happening)
3 - SOLVE / FIX THE
SITUATION
(How can I solve it?)
• Difficulties of
adapting to a new
culture
• Searching information about
the culture of the country
before travelling
• Asking the opinion of those
who live or have visited the
country before
• Return home
• Feeling homesick • Making phone calls • Making video calls
• Running out of
money
• Having a larger cash reserve • Get a job there or ask a
family member for help
• Losing your job • Before going , renegotiate
your return to your job
• Find a new job when you
come back
1st step - TO PROGRAMME / TO PLAN

12. How to overcome my fears
2nd step - EVALUATE
• Fluency in another language
• Making friends in another country
• Enriching yourself with a new culture
• Getting more self confident
• Living by myself and becoming more
independent
• Getting to know beautiful and inspiring
places
• Getting the job I´ve always looked for.
• Starting a new life in this country
What are the
possible
benefits of
making this
decision?

13. How to overcome my fears
The price of inaction (consequences of the lack of action)
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN MY LIFE?
3rd step - CONSEQUENCES
Up to 6 months
(Short term)
Up to 1 year
(Medium term)
Up to 3 years
(Long term)
 Not being
fluent in a
second
language
 Not being able
to get my
dream job
 Being
unemployed
and having to
live the same
life

14. How to overcome my fears
IF I TAKE ACTION, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT OF IT IN MY LIFE?
4th step - MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE ACTION
POSITIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACT
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 if we make the decision and it doesn´t work, we shouldn´t
forget that we can always fix the situation.
 The error is not the end but the possibility of a new learning
 We may notice that the negative side has a much lower
impact than the positive one. So isn´t it worth the risk?
Measure the negative and the positive impact of their decisions in their lifes –
circle the final result with a different color.

15. How to overcome my fears
Writting the answers on the
board

16. How to overcome my fears
Developing Skills – realising that everybody has fears and
their fears won´t vanish unless they work on it